wiggle your bum

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Nc'd for this because it outs me.

DD (21) has been asked not to say "wiggle your bum" to a little girl toddler. (WTF ??!!) Am I missing something? Is there anything wrong with saying this? DD is upset. Didn't realise she was doing anything wrong. Is she? Or is toddler's mother being precious?

She didn't say arse, booty or 'shake your money maker' did she? I see no problem. Some people are just a bit more 'proper'.

Sorry, we say butt to annoy my mother

Yeah I hate the word 'fart' especially when mil refers to my newborn as having 'farted' (she's not newborn anymore but anyway). I think 'pop' or 'popped' is more acceptable.

I wouldn't say anything about 'bum' but would prefer 'bottom' and I would be very unhappy about 'arse'.

my family always used a cutesy word for fart, until the children themselves learned the word from school.

I think you should tell your daughter to teach the DCs "I like big butts and I cannot lie..." song. That would really impress their mother

I hate bum, don't really know why. Bottom is cute! I still say poo, or indeed pooh, and period though.

we do a lot of wiggling in this house.

Spell it pooh instead of poo that should of said.

I was stuffing my fat face and didnt preview

ummmmm

I remember being aged about 9 and i can't remember the context but i said the word bum. He said not to use that word as it was rude.

maybe the mother and my dad went to the same place to learn "rude" words

My ds wiggles his bum all the time?whats up with that???shall i say move your posterior left,and now right,and now left...

Nothing wrong with "bum".

A solid old English word for your arse.

Shakespeare used it a lot.

He also used arse.

How about 'jacksy'?

Would that pass muster with the toddler's mum?

Wonder how someone too prudish to use the word 'bum' managed to conceive at all...

I would prefer bottom over bum. I never say the word and as a teacher feel comfortable asking children to sit on their bottoms. I would feel quite rude saying sit on your bums! Obviously most of you wouldn't mind but I think it would be quite frowned upon in our school.
I probably wouldn't actually say anything to your dd but I would definitely cringe inside-sorry! Don't mind the move at all. Toddlers wriggling their bottoms are just gorgeous :)

I read just recently that apparently the word 'bum' came about because 'bottom' was considered too rude to say, 'bum' was the polite version.

It took me by surprise I must say. And of course, I don't actually know if its correct or not...

I say bum

Oh god bum is fine. Love that it is the original polite word for bottom. Will be using that little fact again.

Anyhoo, just imagine the fuss if your DD was American and said FANNY.

limitededitionlady your post made me spit tea everywhere! Love it!

Personally don't have a problem with bum, or bottom. I do not like the word butt.

As for crap being swearing, maybe not, but it also isn't pleasant.

My father taught me that any word used out of context was swearing. He died 5 years ago, and I very rarely swore in front of him. I knew it upset him. I also knew that in his opinion swearing was a sign of ignorance, that you couldn't get your point across without using obscene language. I have taught my children this too.

I do swear, more now than ever before, but even my siste says it just sounds wrong coming from me because I never used to.

Wiggling your bum is fine whether you're three or ninety.

It's a joyful movement full of energy and fun!

And bum is just fine.

I've heard posh 'uns calling it their 'seat'.Surely bum is better than that!

I have no problem with "bum", DD says it in the CUTEST way possible. She often delights in telling people she has a hole in her bum

She also says she has a "poo behind her bum" when she's made a dirty nappy.....cracks me up every time.

I got into the habit of (jokingly) referring to my DD's bum as her butt cheeks!

She came home from nursery one day (aged 3) and said 'Mummy, we're not allowed to say 'butt cheeks' anymore, we have to say bottom'. I was a bit

why should a child have to wiggle his or her bum at all?

Its horrible to suggest that a baby is intentionally wiggling it's bottom. Surely baby is having a dance? nor is the baby flirting, a pet hate of mine, babies don't flirt.