To hate the words...

[cafedesreves]

Mama and "tiny human"?

I don't mean toddlers saying mama, more when people describe themselves as "Mama to Otis" or similar.
Tiny human is just dreadful. It just feels so twee to me.

AIBU?

Bae - before anyone else. Is that what that stands for? I thought it short for baby and was just people being too thick and trashy lazy to manage the extra syllable.

I prefer Teacup Human myself but I'm fairly sure that my niece and nephew think 'For the last fucking time!' Is a variation of darling, sweetheart etc

Oh is that what Bae means...I thought it was just some random text talk. That's rather cringy.

My daughter calls me Mama to wind me up!
To be fair, I did the same to my mum when she wasn't listening to me, so it's probably karma! Haha

These all made me laugh.
One of the kids had a nursery teacher who called the parents mummy or daddy one to one. It always faintly amused me that she called my husband daddy.
But better still was the mum who loudly corrected her at drop off: "I am not your mummy. My name is Zara, or Mrs Smith if you prefer."
Poor teacher looked as though she might cry

I have never heard anyone in real life say "tiny human", I've only ever heard it on Greys Anatomy, when Arizona used to say it a lot about her patients. I thought it was quite cute in that context...

BAE is correct (and vom) Before Anyone Else

That sounds like a backronym.

@RestingPandaFace

I tell my DS he is my “favourite tiny human” I’ve never consciously heard anyone else say it but I shall go and put myself in time out anyway.

See you in 40 something minutes

I call my DS “very smol boy” sometimes in a Russian accent

I think I’m heading to time out for life at this rate.

@peruse love that! Come and join me in the time out corner. I suck some sweets out of the jar!

I’m with you there. It’s never my little man, or the little man always “Little Man” and it shouldn’t but it makes me cringe

I call DBoyCat little man

We’re a same sex couple so I’m mum and she’s mama. Had no idea so many people had such opinions about it.

@RestingPandaFace ha! My DS has taught me how to be an expert time out lego smuggler over the years so we won’t be bored either

I can't bear it when people refer to a child as 'baby' as if it's their name.
"Is baby sleeping well?"
No, it's 'my baby' 'your baby' 'the baby'.

@notalwaysalondoner I just noticed you had already mentioned my complaint! It's infuriating isn't it.

I hate all of these

I think 'baby' as in "Is baby sleeping well?" (thank you TTCat39) might be the worst though.

There is solid evidence that using babies' own sounds back to them helps develop speech. These words are us naturally doing that by using language the babies can join in with.
I'm thinking more of adults using words like 'Mama' about themselves when no children are present.

@shallIswim

And for an irrational reason I hate the word 'tasty'

Are you me?????

I never knew I had a dislike to the words tiny human till we had friends round and thier dc kept called my ds it.

Are Americans (and people from the black country and other areas of the UK where its usual) allowed to use "mom" or do they have to get the OP's approval first?
Likewise the Spanish speaking world using "mama"?

As others have said, the whole reason mum/mummy/mom/mam/mama etc ever came about is because /m/ is one of, if not the, first intelligible sound ALL babies, irrespective of first language, make.

YANBU.

Mama if your British and your children obviously don’t call you that, your just calling yourself or other mums that.

When people refer to their family as a ‘tribe’.

You got this.

I say no more.

You got this

Especially as 99 times out of 100 they really don't.

@Geamhradh

Are Americans (and people from the black country and other areas of the UK where its usual) allowed to use "mom" or do they have to get the OP's approval first? Likewise the Spanish speaking world using "mama"?

As others have said, the whole reason mum/mummy/mom/mam/mama etc ever came about is because /m/ is one of, if not the, first intelligible sound ALL babies, irrespective of first language, make.

Quite. Which is why I tolerate mama. But not 'the aberration which is mumma'.

My dad is a scouser and always writes 'mom' even though he hasn't lived in scouseland for 70 years!

BAE - people calling their partners this as short for baby/babe

I don't like it when people say 'can I get a coffee'. When they are asking for something in a cafe. 'May I have a coffee' is much more polite

@Geamhradh

Are Americans (and people from the black country and other areas of the UK where its usual) allowed to use "mom" or do they have to get the OP's approval first? Likewise the Spanish speaking world using "mama"?

As others have said, the whole reason mum/mummy/mom/mam/mama etc ever came about is because /m/ is one of, if not the, first intelligible sound ALL babies, irrespective of first language, make.

I don't think anyone objects to people using other terms for mother, it is people speaking of themselves as "Mama" when they are not speaking to children.

Me speaking my own small child "Mama will be back in a moment" = ok

Me posting on Facebook a photo of myself and my son with the caption "Mama and Little Man Done Good Today. We Got This". = awful

@Sssloou

It’s up there with Bubba, Hubster, Hun ...

My sister always spoke of “My son this, My son that” ... didn’t use his name, v weird and out of context - to me - his aunt who lives next door....! Always felt very territorial, owning ....

My sister in law talks to me* and refers to "my brother", it takes a few seconds to realise she's actually referring to the man I am married to. Yes, definitely a territorial thing. *seldomly

I hate

Super
Teeny tiny
Mom
Mama
You got this/I've got you

Can't get that het up about the others really.