To think "Blow off" is NOT more polite than "Fart"?

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We have a toddler. He has just learned the word "Fart". DH thinks we should teach him to say "Blow off" instead as it's nicer/more polite.

AIBU to think "Blow off" is a much worse term than "Fart"? It sounds very crude to me. It definitely doesn't sound to me like a polite euphemism and I'd rather just say "Fart".

YABU = "Blow off" sounds more polite than "Fart".
YANBU = "Blow off" sounds worse than "Fart".

Dad used to say 'made a smell' nothing wrong with fart, all the other Euphemisms seem twee particularly toot, windy pops, bottom burp and fluff

In London my Irish mum called it a windybob!
My children call them trumps like their Northern father.

We Always called it a Fluff, no idea where it came from?!

I cannot stand the word ‘fart’, I’ve banned it in my house.

My DP says ‘toot’.

I was never allowed to say fart when I lived at home, my DM is very prim.

I take great pleasure in calling a fart a fart now but still never in front of my mum

Wtf is wrong with the word 'fart'? It's in the dictionary ffs.
'Toot' or 'fluff' indeed ...how cringeworthy.

When my children were young: "oh was that a wee pump?"

Now "MUM DID YOU FART??!!""

There is nothing fluffy about a good old fart.

I mean you might just as well decide you don't like the word 'shoe ' and find some suitably twee replacements....

We call them Donald’s. Or “signature bakes” for smelly ones.

Fart, poop, toot, trump, butt burp, parp. These are all words we use, and I don't see a problem with being used.

We grew up saying blow off, trump, guff and break wind. Fart was considered swearing back then but since the mid 80’s it became accepted in my childhood home.

In the oldie days, when I was young, my family used to say trump, or Who has Let Off, using the word fart in front of my late Mum would have disturbed her too much ha ha,

That means blow job unfortunately where I come from 😂

It's passing wind or flatulence

What about passing wind, or botty burp :)

Call it fart, because that's what it is, no point fluffing it up with another word.

You could try and teach him "rectal retort" and see what his teacher thinks of that.

You should say pump, fart is worse and blow off is the worst.

The twee euphemisms are cringeworthy and make people sound as if bodily functions appal them, they put skirts on their piano legs and ask for the ‘smallest room’.

Who really cares. It is what it is. Young children are so refreshing compared to some adults

Blow off is gross! As is “baking an air biscuit”

Anyone else used to sing 'Show-off, show-off, done a blow-off', back in the day? 😆 It was definitely the euphemism of choice in my area in the 80s but I rarely hear it these, people just say fart.

I used to ask my two boys to pull my finger and then fart. They thought it was hilarious (hmmm), if it gave them a laugh, it was fine by me.

We used to say ‘popped off’ when mine were little.
My mum used to say ‘let Tommy out of prison’ Have you let Tommy out?

I do agree that I think I have never heard of "blow off" for flatulence before and before i read this thread if someone asked me what it meant I would also have guessed at a it meaning a blow job.....

someone said above about their father (?) saying "have you done a smell" and I recall my mum used to say the exact same thing to us.... and it always felt very shaming and made us squirm....

personally always used the word "fart" or "being very windy" with my children

…. im clearly not very posh...!