I've just been called 'Bonnie'

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I've tried google. It says it means cute and gave the example of a bonnie baby.

AIBU to think this isn't a term that should be used for a woman nearing 30?!

I'm in the NW. If someone said I was looking bonny I would definitely take it to mean chubby. As in bonny baby, a well fed, healthy, chubby baby.

Lancashire here - bonnie means pretty, lovely, with a side of lovely personality/cracking smile. It's usually got healthy connotations to it too, so whilst it definitely doesn't mean fat, I was called a bonnie lass as a girl but my skinny sister was more likely to be called pretty or stunner. (I'm not fat btw and wasn't then).

I'm from the northwest, definitely not fat and was a bit taken aback the first time I met my Scottish mother in law when she told me I was a bonny quine (girl). Bonny means plump where I come from (as in ' she's starting to look a bit bonny') so not usually a compliment. It was however clear from the context that she meant pretty not plump.

My parents are from the North East and they use it to simply mean pretty/beautiful however where I grew up in the North West it meant pretty but chubby.

Bonnie doesn't mean fat as far as I know, only naturally pretty and beautiful.

I'd say chubby babies are bonnie if they have a cute face. But that's because chubby babies are gorgeous! But it's because they're cute not because they're fat.

So, bonnie = pretty

It's the best compliment in my opinion