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AIBU to not want my 8YO to say 'fart'

105 replies

Marmaladybird · 17/12/2015 15:14

I hate the word and shudder just typing it.

I see it as a mild sweary-word and don't let him use it. It makes me feel a bit sick. Am I on my own with this - everyone here (apart from DH) thinks I'm unreasonable.

Should I give him the gift of being allowed to say 'fart' eurgh for Christmas, or make him say trump, pimp and pump for the rest of his life...

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squoosh · 17/12/2015 17:59

Because 'parp' sounds so very different to 'fart' and therefore more pleasant to use?

IcecreamBus · 17/12/2015 18:02

Hehe...I started pretty much the same thread a couple of weeks ago. There were some hilarious responses to that, and some pretty rude ones too (ignored.)

I'm still not going to encourage my toddler to say it, but accept that they all hear it and come out with it at some point. I think the thing is teaching them about where and when it's appropriate, like not in front of great aunt Snotface or at school :)

x2boys · 17/12/2015 18:06

I dont like it either my 8 yr old,9 on boxing day son used to call them pips that was sweet now its farts Sad

catsrus · 17/12/2015 18:07

I grew up in the working class NE (1950's) and my mother was not a hyacynth bucket in the slightest - but 'fart' was a VERY rude word - we trumpety trumped all the way home in our house Grin. I couldn't actually SAY the word until I was in my 20's and it was to HOWLS of laughter from my southern friends at Uni as I blushed and spluttered and overcame decades of conditioning to say such a rude thing in public! My own dc say it and don't think twice about it, nor do I now - but I do understand how powerful the conditioning is that it's rude.

x2boys · 17/12/2015 18:08

my mum used to call the pardons i honestly thought that was the correct word for it untill i was about fiveGrin

hefzi · 17/12/2015 18:13

Atomik I thought it was only my family that did that!

I don't get the MN fashion for families talking excessively about farting, but then, I'd also never heard the word "trump" used in this context until I discovered MN: OP, tell him to talk about "breaking wind" (if he must) at home, and let him use "fart" with impunity with his little friends. And ask Father Christmas to buy him a fart box for his stocking...

CrayonShavings · 17/12/2015 18:15

My Ds (3) got a tube of smarties this week. He pronounces it 'farties'

But we say trump mostly. I'd be horrified if someone called it a 'pimp'.

Notimefortossers · 17/12/2015 18:20

I hate it too and don't let my kids say it. We call them pop off's. Lol. It's a bit of problem because the neighbour's (who we're close to) kids use it as the norm and it's difficult to explain to them why I've said it's a naughty word but xxx says it all the time. I just tell them that different families have different rules.

And I don't give it that much thought . . .

lizzydrippingsghost · 17/12/2015 18:25

if your going to use trump you might as well change it to donald its fits better Grin

RudeElf · 17/12/2015 18:29

How is parp any different from fart? Parp to me is the sound an airhorn makes.

What exactly is the issue with the word fart?

How do fart avoiders feel about burp?

sugar21 · 17/12/2015 18:36

Here follows a definition of fart

A fart is a volcanic eruption
It comes from the planet of bum
Proceeds through the valley of trousers
And comes out like a musical hum

SilverOldie2 · 17/12/2015 18:41

Years ago I knew a woman who called a fart a bottom burp - the whole office fell about laughing Grin

Original poster
Marmaladybird · 17/12/2015 19:28

He would love that Sugar21

Haha - Donalds! I could get used to that. Although, Donald is Cockney rhyming slang for something else isn't it...

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helenahandbag · 17/12/2015 19:31

LeaLeander

Xmas Grin
Dipankrispaneven · 17/12/2015 19:34

I really don't get why people who shudder at the word "fart" think "trump" or whatever is any better.

Claraoswald36 · 17/12/2015 19:40

Fart is an innocuous word to me but I can't stand my kids talking in jest about wees and poos so in light of that yanbu. Your house your rules

JapaneseSlipper · 17/12/2015 19:48

The word "pump" used in the context of flatulence is really revolting. Trump makes the person saying it sound ridiculous and grotesque.

Ugh! Just say fart. Embrace it. It's slightly gross but the euphemisms are stomach-turning!

janethegirl2 · 17/12/2015 20:16

I love the word 'fart' and can't see anything wrong with it. I detest the prissy words like trump and other silly things.

A fart is a fart, end ofXmas Grin

CastaDiva · 17/12/2015 20:23

My SIL trained her two sons to say 'urinate' and 'defecate' rather than 'wee' and 'poo'. Literally, 'Mummy, I need to defecate right now!' Grin

TowerOfJoyless · 17/12/2015 21:27

My cousin used to call a fart a 'crunch' when little and my niece used to call the sneaky quiet ones 'silent bettys'. Still can't beat a good old fart though.

motherinferior · 17/12/2015 21:29

CastaDiva, your SIL sounds a pain in the anus.

MistressMerryWeather · 17/12/2015 21:52

Casta, please tell me you too the urine out of her every time her kids said that.

Defecate is so much worse than poo.

squoosh · 17/12/2015 21:54

'defecate' is very.....earthy.

MistressMerryWeather · 17/12/2015 21:57

Yes.

When I hear defecate I think of a warthog shitting in a hole or something.

munkisocks · 17/12/2015 22:03

Lol my dh calls them windy pops too. They are farts and that's that. However my daughters arse had bloody hurricanes coming out of it lately.