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".

@Ohtherewearethen

Where I'm from boff means to puke.

Where I'm from, boff means "to fuck".

Not something you want to cause confusion about. I don't hear anyone using "boff" for farts......

My mil said to my dd when she was a baby and farted, 'that was a big bunny blow' or 'are you blowing bunnies' when being winded. Mil still says that but dd says fart and likes to announce when she has farted by informing everyone.
In our house and as I grew up,it was called a fart or 'who farted'? Db still calls a fart a guff but I'd never heard of blowing bunnies.

@MulticolourMophead - ha ha that could lead to a bit of a mess, yes!

Botty cough?

I can't abide all these euphemisms for farts, they make me feel very 'icky'. I've never heard of blow off other than in relation to blow jobs. I am partial to windy pops if I really felt it necessary.

In our house, it's fart. Simple and uncomplicated.

Or in my dad's house, it's "oi!, that's evil, you git". Generally aimed at mainly dad, sometimes DB.

We said bitty burp when the kids were very little

I imagine that's a phrase MN would hate, but it's also kind of true!

'Bitty burp'...'Botty cough'.....Sorry but these twee little euphemisms make me feel slightly nauseous.

WTAF is wrong with saying 'fart'? It's just a word.

It's just a word.

The are several "just words" I can think of that could get you banned from MN or even a visit from the local constabulary.

Well 'fart' really isn't one of them.is it? How utterly ridiculous. It's in the dictionary.

I tend to ask DS if he "made a smell"?

DH (and the IL) hate it when the kids say fart but all say bloody, bollocks and even the occassional proper f word in front of them!!
My DM was very prim and prudish but even she could put up with the word Fart!

MIL refers to them as fluffs (she fluffs quite a lot!!😂) a girl at school called them poppy bottoms which even as a kid was ridiculous and long winded.

Exactly how prim would you need to be to 'squeeeeeee' at the word 'fart'? Good grief.

Puff, pump, trump, toot, pop etc are all so prissy imo. Although I do enjoy that the leader of the USA's name is being used as a fart euphemism...I wouldn't be mad if that one hopped across the Irish Sea.

Never heard any of them in Ireland, we just say fart. Maybe it's a cultural difference? I certainly wouldn't be telling my class off for using it either. It is what it is, a harmless bodily function but giving it a frilly name doesn't make it smell better.

My dc always said bang when they were little, or bum bang. Nothing wrong with fart though.

I was taught to call them a rudy when I was a kid. The use of fart was definitely not okay. My dad is very prim and that would have got a cat's bottom mouth and a telling off.

Passing wind is the only socially acceptable term.

People get all over invested in terms for bodily functions.
My dh's stepmother being one.
We were told off for using bum, pee and assorts of innocence names.

Maybe it's a girl thing or maybe because We would squash it as soon as it occurred but we have never had an issue with our kids overusing words or finding them overly hilarious as kids wan to do.

Passing wind is the only socially acceptable term.

People get all over invested in terms for bodily functions.
My dh's stepmother being one.
We were told off for using bum, pee and assorts of innocence names.

Maybe it's a girl thing or maybe because We would squash it as soon as it occurred but we have never had an issue with our kids overusing words or finding them overly hilarious as kids wan to do.

As a child, we used to call farts 'pops'. My parents weren't particularly twee- my dad used to do some spectacular farts without embarrassment.
I wouldn't be too happy if a child in my class used the word 'fart' as to me it's on a par with 'crap' which is a bit too sweary for the classroom.
In my house we tend to refer to it as letting rip.

It's not 'sweary' dont be so silly

@Destroyedpeople

It's not 'sweary' dont be so silly

'Sweary' probably is a little strong, but it is not a particularly polite word and would not be acceptable in my classroom. It's not a swear word like shit, but neither is it aceptable, like poo. It's somewhere in between, along with words like crap or dick.

Trump for kids.
Fart in general parlence.
Flatulence with the GP discussing IBS

Either...They both smell the same!

It's a fart. I dislike the euphemisms, because they don't all mean the same thing, and vary even between families.

As I mentioned earlier, one example is some people use "boff" to mean fart, but in my area that means fuck.

And if it's good enough for the NHS to use the word fart on their website, it should be good enough for everyone to use.