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

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God I fucking hate this saying.

No one is saying anything about shaming breastfeeding mothers. They are however complaining about the awful use of the word boob as a verb instead of a noun.

Language evolves.

Awful.
Thankfully I've never heard it said and never even seen it on here before, but then I don't generally read baby threads.

Turquoise I agree, no one should be shamed. At the same time, everyone should be entitled to their opinions, and trying to close threads down just smacks of censorship to me.
AIBU is quite brutal at times, but I feel this should be a forum where women can express themselves freely, even if it does upset some people.

I think I’ve used it once or twice in an awkward “I don’t know what to say here” moment and wished to take it back! The postman came but DC was on the boob so I couldn’t get to the door. Weird but accurate phrase haha!

First time I’ve ever heard this phrase, I won’t be saying it!

Oh it’s not shaming here surely, it’s just I like/dislike a phrase!

No one is shaming anyone! FGS, people aren't allowed to have an opinion on anything without being accused of shaming someone. We're talking about the use of a specific phrase - no one is being judged or shamed.

I see regularly on my FB from one woman

"Mummy is having a couple of wines and the baby is on booby milk🎉"

I dont understand that myself, you wouldn't post for example "Home with DH having a couple of drinks, timmy has had a glass of OJ😊"

Saying that, some people would.

I also hate bobbie monster 🙈

No one is shaming, it just sounds horrible

Agree!!

If a baby is ff then you give them a bottle, if they're bf you give them a boob, so....?

Yes I've definitely heard of it in real life. Almost daily in fact.

I'm definitely not shaming anybody, I just hate that fucking phrase

It's revolting when used about feeding a baby.

I would use it humorously, to mean you accidentally knocked against someone with your boobs. "Sorry, I boobed you there."

If a baby is ff then you give them a bottle, if they're bf you give them a boob, so....?

Exactly! Saying you "bottled" the baby would have quite a different and wrong meaning!

I don't see the problem with it 🤷‍♀️

Just a common breastfeeding term

This has made me chuckle. Id forgotten that I used to say this, only to DH. I used to ‘boob’ DS back to sleep,thought I was being mildly amusing in my sleep deprived state.

‘Boob’ say it a few times fast, it’s one of those words that starts to sound really weird and loses all meaning.

"Boobed" as a verb means messed up or made a mistake to me. Not sure if that's a regional thing.

"Boobing" in terms of breastfeeding is not something I've ever heard in real life.

dislike the expressions boobing the baby, boob juice urgh, but everyone to their own.it just sounds a bit... def not envy. never heard it in rl and really hope i never do.

I use it all the time. Fight me.

I agree, but then it also annoys me when people put BBQ instead of barbecue.

milk bottles and boobs at 12 paces treacle !

I think you're being a bit puritanical tbh. Boob is what the baby has there's no avoiding it and it's a pretty inoffensive term. Breast sounds very Victorian to me.