to be disappointed that the word "fart" seems acceptable for children now?

[Housemum]

DH bought a copy of the Beano for DD2 (age 6) - which had the delightful free gift of a "Fart Bucket" (squidgy putty to make farty noises) on the front and a wordsearch with different words for fart - air biscuit, bottom burp etc. Now I know that kids use this word, and I'm probably an old fogey, but I don't really see it as acceptable in print? I'd prefer good old fashioned trumps, botty burps, blow off, parp etc. I've explained to DD2 that it may be said in the playground, but I don't expect to hear her say it (in the same way that I'm sure teenage DD swears with her mates, but wouldn't in the house or in polite company). Interestingly it doesn't seem acceptable on Corrie, as last night a character said "I havn't got time to f-, er, break wind".

So, bring on the opinions and shoot me down for being an old fart (yeah, and a hypocrite, it's OK if I say it...)

Fart was acceptable in my day and I am 35 years old.

If you don't like it stop buying the Beano.

Sorry, YAB a bit U! I love the word and think it is much better than the other slang commonly used. However, I do love 'trump' aswell. I had a friend who used to say "Oh did you shoot a bunny?" when her dc farted! Hilarious.

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YABU. A fart is a fart. Anything else is silly.

It was common when I was a child, and I'm 40.

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What's wrong with booby-woobies???

I'm in the fart camp here too

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isn't fart the common word for flatulence?

yabu

Do you say 'blow off' OP?

Oh fart!

god those words are horrendous.... botty burp

fart has never been unacceptable that i've known of

I don't like the word either, OP. It may be the right word to use but I just think it's vulgar. We don't really use it in our house.
My MIL always says it and I just wish she wouldn't.

tweeness makes me cringe - bottom burps fgs

We used to have to say 'blow off' when i was young, we weren't allowed to say 'fart' and 'crap' was definately seen as a swear word, i am surprised at the amount of people who think that it isn't

it's a fart or fartie in this house too

There's a thread like this in Chat.

Fart is such a good word.

DD (4) has started farting and blaming someone else

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sorry but fart is about a million times better than botty burp - twee in the extreme!! Yuck yuck yuck!

What is "common" is TALKING about the subject in conversation. The term you use, after that point, is pretty immaterial IMO.

If you have to refer to it for some reason, the medical term is flatulence as foxy notes, but fart IMO is a perfectly good everyday word.

From the Old English "feortan" (meaning "to break wind") apparently .

I don't know what else one would call a fart. I refuse to entertain bottom burps or other tweeness in my house, and think Breaking Wind is just pompous. Fart it is. (I'm 50 and was excruciatingly well brought up!)

Fart is fine
that is what it is!

I think you are a bit of a old fart fogey probably

Do you keep your spare loo roll under a frilly doll's skirt?

Guff is good too

In the book "More Pants" one of the lines is "Have you done a farty pants?"

Love the book but change the word to smarty pants.