Light-hearted - It's Baba/Babba not Bubba!

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As the original word is baby... It's Baba! Hate the sound of this Bubba nonsense... It's not a Bubble... 😉😂

They’re both horrid. Use “baby”. It’s up there with grown women referring to other grown women as mama.

They’re both awful.

@BeardieWeirdie

They’re both horrid. Use “baby”. It’s up there with grown women referring to other grown women as mama.

Or girls.

I hate bubba, reminds me of redneck Americans living in a trailer!! 😂 😂 😂 I call my kids baba, and girls... You'd all hate me!! 😂 😂 😂

I call my kids bab, but I’m allowed as I’m a Coventrian 😉.

Me n hubba gunna have a bubba, wait it’s twins so a dubble bubba.

(Baba is also awful, if it helps.)

They're all awful and vomit-inducing tbh.

Me and the hubster took bubs on holibobs.

I use Bubba as I am Jewish and its short for Bubulah which means "little one" in Yiddish. I think a lot of people may have gotten it from that via american TV

Depends where you are surely? It's definitely mum and bub in Australia.

"Horrid" is as bad as "bubba" in my opinion. We're not little girls.

I really hate ‘bubba’ and ‘bubs’ - both so grim!

I don't say either. But baba is what my grandmother called poo so baba just sounds all kinds of wrong.

I think before embarrassing yourself, you can research the word and realise it IS Bubba even if you don't like it. You can use Baba/Babba if you prefer, no one cares.
Lighthearted of course.

Bub is a really common nickname for babies in Australia. I use it for my DD.

Oh dear OP. You didn't try for a light-hearted thread on affectionate slang did you?

Besides, YABVU - it's babby.

I agree with a PP. It can be shortened if you are Jewish to bubba from bubula/bubbaleh.

@MindyStClaire you can betcha Babba I did! I'm sticking with it... I'm not Jewish so the abbreviation of Bubba isn't required 😉

It’s not Baba. Baba means grandma/older than woman (Baba Yaga is over a hundred year old folk tale). and in certain Central European countries, today it’s used as slang for “women” in general, especially younger women. You’d look like an utter twit calling a baby Baba.

Dad in Chinese is also Bubba.

I really hate Bub and Bubba-had my DC in Oz and everyone(Doctor, Midwives, parents) use Bub...there is no escaping it over here!

@Nekoness : Interesting.
In Arabic, Baba means Father, Grandfather, wise old man!
My DBIL, is Baba to his children and Grandchildren.

@BeardieWeirdie

They’re both horrid. Use “baby”. It’s up there with grown women referring to other grown women as mama.

I hate mama!! I'm pregnant and this makes me fucking cringe.

It IS bubba 🤣

@BeardieWeirdie

They’re both horrid. Use “baby”. It’s up there with grown women referring to other grown women as mama.

‘You got this Mama 💪🏼‘

Hate it HATE IT.