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".

We used to call it a 'pardon' when I was little (in old now) ie 'oops I pardoned'.

When my children were small we'd go along with what other people said but we all knew it was a fart.

In laws call it a 'pop', it Makes me die a bit inside everytime they say it

before school, we said 'farty' which i think sounds cute and aspirational. ;)

once at school, they learnt all the expressions...

We weren't allowed to say fart when little so we called them blow offs. My friend's parents were very prim and in their house it was called 'letting Polly out of prison'. We say trump with our DC now but I'm loving Donalds. I'm really giggling at some of these on here. I guess some of us never grow out of funding fart jokes funny!

I find the euphemisms slightly disgust me. Particularly ‘blow off’. Toot, fluff, parp, pump, trump are all ridiculously twee.

Stick with fart. It was good enough for Chaucer.

Blow off is better than fart.

It's the difference between 'I need a shit' and 'I need the toilet'.

I like 'backfire' 😂

It's an older generation word, but far too twee to be used nowadays unless in older company.- 70+

I hate hearing a child say fart. It’s just wrong! Which is really unreasonable of me, but I just hate it.

@KatherineJaneway....

Tbh I don't feel the need to announce the state of my bowels to the room.

I wouldn't say 'I need a shit' and definitely NOT 'I need the toilet'...why would that be interesting for anyone else?

No I would just go.

When we moved north over 30 years ago my young DD was surprised to find 'fart' was a shocking word to use and people here preferred 'trump'. It doesn't seem to matter so much now. I agree with OP that 'blow off' creates more of a mental image and isn't better.

Definitely fart or guff here.

Growing up you never did a blow off.

It was "did you blow off"
"yes, I've blown off"

Can't utter the words now, but could never use the word fart to my parents either. I'll just avoid the subject forever with them.

They refer to it as a 'farty pants' in the More Pants book, so that's stuck in this house.

We had ‘parpy wind’ for years... DD choice! Her DB copies and we’re now out of it thank goodness!

Loath “blow off”. It sounds so much worse than fart or “broke wind” or even if you really must “toot”.

Also the first time my MIL used it i didn’t understand what she meant so kept asking “DS1 has done what?” Awkward moment.

Blow off is so Beano.
It's a fart or passed wind.

I can't stand trump or pump or anything else.

Windypops is acceptable is ots a new born baby.

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with fart. I mean, farts were something you ate back in the Tudor times?

My parents insisted I used the word ‘pump’ when I was in primary school. The other kids found it funny and it led to bullying. I’d encourage my children to use whatever their friends use (as long as it isn’t too offensive)

We use trump. Nothing to do with Donald (though my kids find it funny that there is a man called Donald Trump).

I don't think fart is a swear word but enough people think it is uncouth for me to not want my kids to use it, it is a bit like teaching them words like couch and saying 'haitch' for the letter 'h'.

I had to say blow off when I was a kid, which is quite ridiculous really. My dad says breaking wind which always turns my stomach.

viz.fandom.com/wiki/Johnny_Fartpants
Lots of lovely trouser cough euphemisms in Viz..

We use trump which adapted into doing a Donald. The kids find it hilarious when they see President Fart on the TV!

@Bairnsmum05

That means blow job unfortunately where I come from 😂

Same here! A toddler/child saying they did a 'blow off' would set alarm bells!!

Bring back the word 'guff' I say. It was acceptable in the 80's . Not really, we just say fart. If I had to say it in a professional capacity I'd say breaking wind.

My 19 month old already finds farts funny, especially those he does while sitting in his highchair or in the bath (reverberations and bubbles), he also copies pretty much everything you say at the moment. A good friend of mine is a primary teacher and said they discourage saying fart at school! On that line we've been referring to wind, he now waves his hand in front of his face and says 'poooo windy' when he farts, I'm pretty sure fart would've been less offensive. He also shouts POO! loudly when he's doing one 🤦‍♀️

We say trump. My mum used to say poot, or pooted- the first time I said it in front of a boyfriend was the last time I used that term .