AIBU to think it's weird that my husband sometimes calls my female friends 'birds'

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AIBU to think it's weird that my husband refers to some of my female friends as 'birds'?

He normally does it when he's a bit annoyed at them.

And that even The Sun journalists wouldn't call women 'birds' anymore?

cock, shag, lover? Really?!

It’s just a word. I call women birds all the time.

I use the word "bird(s)" regularly. I'm a 60+ female Londoner

Mine does, occasionally. Very Essex upbringing and it is a term from his youth. Me and my daughters tease him when he uses it.

Same! I don't think it's a bad word to use. I could think of a lot worse lol 😂

Depends what normal is in his vocabulary. there’s more to worry about.

Hahahaha love it.

Has he arrived from the past in a particularly repellent time machine? Ugh.

When we have threads like this I always want to write one of those "Helpful tips for tourists" things " When visiting Glasgow, remember that "cunt" is a routine informal greeting" "It is always appropriate to address a group of women as "birds" or "chicks"."When being served in a shop in Cornwall it is customary to address a male assistant as "cock""

He normally does it when he's a bit annoyed at them.

I find it much weirder that he has cause to be annoyed at your friends. Why is that?

I’m from Liverpool and it’s used all the time. I don’t see it as offensive.

😂

How often do males moan about being called cock though? Not much..
Id rather be called a bird than a cock! 🐓I don’t read too much into it. Unless it’s in vulgar taste in a sentence.

Maybe alittle late in the day for this post but it might be that he is just used to calling them that.
I am not justifying it but just saying because my DH calls his female friends " lover" "beauty" "gorgeous" "babe" etc.
When I asked him, he said its words of endearment to his friends and that I should not have a problem with it.

We agreed that if he calls OW all those names, then he should just call me ( his wife )by my name.

Just make sure he respects you enough NOT to call you "bird"

Oh, please! It's not dialect-it's sexism!

Ah, shit. Archaeological thread again. Oh well, at least I said the same when I first posted!

So are roosters (cocks) and in some places/contexts calling someone a cock is completely nonoffensive. In other circumstances it's definitely derogatory.

Used all the time in the south. Not offensive. Am female, I think actually the women use it more then the menfolk. Eg. if I bump into my friend's husband and we chat, I'd say 'how's your bird?'.

my husband often says, 'that comes from the minds of birds' - re: some event that he doesn't want to go to.