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NIPPLES ARGHHHHHH ITS LIKE WW2!

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Nikkiemadisonandbump · 22/12/2008 13:57

Right I need some advice ladies,

My daughter is nearly 2 1/2.

She knows nipples are nipples becuase quite frankly when she asks what they are what the hell am I supposed to tell her??

Now my family are in up roar because she knows what nipples are! and are suitably disgusted and think its crude!

I asked them what I should say their were then and they saud "boobs"??!! I responded by saying so what about daddy then, does he have boobs????!!!!

So come on ladies I need an alternative word to nipple! Im 21 and cant think of any!

Surely a nipple is a flaming nipple!!!

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Nikkiemadisonandbump · 22/12/2008 13:58

Sorry about spelling!

Am a tad stressed out and am at work so trying to type without being caught!

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TinyTimLivesinVictorianSqualor · 22/12/2008 13:59

You don't need anything.
Your family need to get a grip.

Poppycake · 22/12/2008 14:00

silly people your family! What a load of boobs...

Majeika · 22/12/2008 14:00

How odd.

nipples are nipples and are on the end of your boobs.

Your DH has nipples too.

Am all for calling penises willies but nowt wrong with a nipple.

What do they suggest you call them?

dreamingofagreenlawnchristmas · 22/12/2008 14:01

Nipple is a dirty word?! No, its a perfectly useful word, medical or otherwise, to describe a part of your anatomy!

Sorry, but I don't particularly like "boobs" or "boobies" - don't object to someone else using it, but fine. Just don't see what's wrong with nipples, myself.

scarlotti · 22/12/2008 14:01

Hear hear Tinytim, my son is 3 and knows they're nipples. Daddy has them and so does he, but neither have b00bs - well.. Daddy has manb00bs but that's another thread!!!

PingpingsatonSantasface · 22/12/2008 14:01

PMSL I agree with VS and Majeika

Nipples are nipples I have never heard of them being called anything else. Your family are strange.

CaptainKarvol · 22/12/2008 14:03

The ONLY other thing I can think of is 'nips'. Not a lot different, really! Your family are being very strange!

fishie · 22/12/2008 14:04

! the anti nipple brigade hahaha. do they have little skirts for the table so it doesn't show its legs?

i believe the literal translation of the german for nipple is breastwart, would they like that? what is french for nip?

Majeika · 22/12/2008 14:04

nipnips?

pips

pipples??

catsmother · 22/12/2008 14:04

My 5 year old daughter calls nipples "poppers" though god knows how or why she came up with this as we have always called them nipples - and why shouldn't we ?! What's crude about that ?

Nipple is a perfectly acceptable word .... the only alternative I can think of is "teat" and IMO that sounds awful and suggests you are a female dog or similar.

catsmother · 22/12/2008 14:06

The French for nipple is 'mamelon'. Apparently.

scarlotti · 22/12/2008 14:10

Mama's mamelons!! ROFL!

Is that where the term melons came from - ha ha ha!

TinyTimLivesinVictorianSqualor · 22/12/2008 14:13

DS1 used to say 'symbols' for nipples

fishie · 22/12/2008 14:13

udders?

PingpingsatonSantasface · 22/12/2008 14:16

PMSL Fishie udders ha ha

loobeylou · 22/12/2008 14:17

sorry OP but your rellies sound like TITS

(pun intended!)

Nikkiemadisonandbump · 22/12/2008 14:19

Lol ahhhhhh thats made me feel better! Im glad Im not going mad and it is actually them!
They are very strange indeed!

Thansk for your replies! Maybe I'll show them this thread!

NIPPLES ALL THE WAY!

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Nikkiemadisonandbump · 22/12/2008 15:04

bump!

lets cheer someone elses day!

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Nikkiemadisonandbump · 22/12/2008 22:17

bump

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