In not thinking that this is offensive?

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Just wondering...

In regards to kids, little munchkin, little fart, little squidger.. are any of these terms offensive? Somebody has just said it's not 'appropriate' to call anybody's baby a little fart.. but it's not like I said little brat? Or little shit? 😂
I would have thought little fart like munchkin is more of a cutesy term? AIBU???

Why not call them Little Pumpernickel?

Same general meaning.....

Violashift my mum tells me off for saying crap - I'm 40 - it's apparently a horrible word 🤷🏼‍♀️

Natasha crap is also banned. As is ass or arse and oh my god.

Never heard of a baby being called that. I'd not accept my children being called that by anybody. What a hideous thing to call somebody's much loved child!

I regularly call my son fart arse, because he takes great joy in almost constantly farting from it, he should be called shit arse as that is normally the end result.

Most people will call their own baby a nickname but others shouldn’t/can’t. That’s all it boils down to.

I don't think it is offensive in Ireland, my Irish family say it... I've never given it a second thought. Not in my vocabulary but they have many a strange slang that I don't use.

Little fart is incredibly offensive.

Like someone else said what on earth were you thinking.

Definitely wouldn't find 'little fart' offensive op.

II'm actually more than proud to say I'm not one of those 'jumped up, officious' people that gets easily offended. I think it'll be a veeeeeeery long road for some posters here if they choose to get this offended by something I have clearly stated as not being used to offend.*

By the same reasoning then I could, eg, call you an ugly old hag and although its extremely rude and I would never do such a thing, as long as I state that it's not intended to be rude, that's ok? Have I got it right?

I'm from Dublin originally and I have never heard a child being called a little fart.
I've heard thing like a dote, a smasher (as in he/she is smashing), a pet, but fart is new to me. Is fart not a rather rude, noxious smelling thing? What would you use that to describe a baby or child?

Meh. If someone said it with love, as a term of endearment, I'd not care at all.

If someone said it as if my baby was a little shit, I'd take offense.

Context is everything.

I think there’s a pattern at work here, OP, in that when posters have said they do find it offensive, you’ve responded by saying it’s meant in an affectionate way. You’re arguing with what strikes them as offensive and trying to persuade them it shouldn’t.

While there are plenty of things that pretty much everyone would be offended by, there are loads which are subjective and contextual. As has already been mentioned, language use varies from place to place. But if someone thinks something is offensive, then it is, to them. Accept it, and move on.

My subjective impression was that those who think it is offensive outnumber those who don’t. But that could be confirmation bias, coloured by the fact that I think it is.

Little fart.....no. i think it's ridiculous to get offended by it, lol, but it's not the same category as little munchkin. I'd think calling a a toddler who was acting up a little fart, is more affectionate than saying their a little shit, but not a cute, happy, enjoy a child.

How about "Oaflet", meaning 'little oaf'? My husband called our son 'Oaflet' and he came to me, all grisly and trying to act offended, saying, "Daddy called me Oaflet".

What you said is not offensive or inappropriate (depending on context).

I find many of the replies here saying it is deepy offensive and inappropriate deeply offensive and inappropriate.

But old fart for a person over 40 is fine? If you don't like little fart, quit with old fart too. I am 63. I know I am older than you. You don't have to make it derogatory as well!

To me it's not really the same as little squidger, but I wouldn't be offended by it at all. But then I have an exceptionally farty baby.
I would be surprised if a stranger said it, but it wouldn't upset me.

None of those are offensive. I'm not easily offended though but i guess some people are, I'm Scottish and I've heard children being called wee farts and many other strange things

Haven't read the full thread but I think the following saying is true:
Children are like farts ... you only like your own.

Calling someone an old fart is never a term of endearment I call DH this all the time.

Everyone's quite precious

If a stranger called my baby a fart I'd think it was a bit weird
If my friend or a family member did I'd think it was funny...and probably accurate

Fart is a trump, boff, letting off... stinky and gross.
I'd see it a bit like calling them a little crap.
I wouldn't be offended but I wouldn't think it was very nice! Not as bad as little shit though.

I'd be cross if you called my DS a "fart". I don't even like him using the term for its usual purpose, let alone using it as a nickname 😱

Is fart not a rather rude, noxious smelling thing? What would you use that to describe a baby or child?

I think you've answered your own question there...

Can we please stop with the idea that only Irish people insult their friends as a term of endearment. It’s a uk wide thing. My husband is incredibly Irish (as in I regularly have to translate for other people) and he calls our DS all sorts. Fart is just immature though. It sounds weird to me. I don’t really know adults who use it. I don’t find it offensive at all. Just weird. Dick, nob’Ed and Bawbag on the other hand...(not their faces obviously)