The verb 'to boob' makes me feel all kinds of terrible

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God I fucking hate this saying.

Oh god! Massive spelling error in the title!

I meant 'all kinds of terrible'. I don't feel kids.

@mnhq Please can you change it?

As in "the baby woke up so I boobed him back to sleep"?

I've only ever heard it on here, never in real life. For which I am very grateful.

Ew. This can't actually be something people say IRL. It has to just be MN.

It makes me feel a bit peculiar, too. I also feel it makes a bit of mockery of breastfeeding for some reason.

It's vile.

I absolutely abhor the phrase ‘happy mummy, happy baby’
We all have our thing, don’t we.

@FineWordsForAPorcupine omg that gives me the rage “boobed the baby back to sleep!” Suffer vomit cringe!!! 😬

@sparkli to me it’s an arrogant aren’t I wonderful and special beautiful I breastfeed statement.

I’ve never heard it before

It is a bit icky!

Bor just you OP, I cant stand it.
I'm part of a breastfeeding support group on FB and it's full of the loathsome phrase. 'Boobing mummas' is another one. Bleugh.

Never heard or seen that expression. Yuck.

@mnhq never mind editing the title. Please just remove the thread all together.

I thought it meant to make a mistake. If someone said they boobed I just wouldn't associate it with breasts. I've never heard it in this context.

I am with you. It’s a hideous hideous phrase, any form of boobing, boobed, to boob..... vile.

I can't stand it either, but I really can't see any arrogance in it. It's just a crappy phrase. Each to their own.

Turquoise why? Has it contravened the TOS in some way?

Because I don't think mums to be shamed by the terminology they use to feed their child. It's just goady and rude.

Agreed. It is fucking hideous.

I hate it, but thankfully it’s one of those things people just type online rather than actually say in real life (IME).

I do too. It is one of my most hated phrases. I’ve seen it elsewhere online (from Instagram yummy mummies trying desperately to show how relaxed and funny they are, usually) but no one in life has ever assaulted me with the phrase thank god.

I’ve said it before. Soz!

Pretty sure mumsnet is supposed to be a website to support mothers. Not bring them down for the words they use when doing their best to feed their child.

Yes. I’m hearing it increasingly often and I don’t like it. Also, ‘I gave him some boob’ why not just say he had some milk or that you fed him?

Boob juice - fucking disgusting

I know a woman who uses it often. It makes me feel a little "ack" each time, but never enough for me to tell her as she's also very lovely.