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...)

It's been said before but fart is the 'good old fashioned (Anglo Saxon) word' so YABU.

'Blow off' and 'pass wind' are the worst - so genteel and Hyacinth Bucket-ish. And they actually end up sounding so much grosser than fart - they sound really pooey to me.

We had to call it pumping when I was younger! But my dad doesn't like lots of words such as bum, arse, snot, etc. Wouldn't last 5 minutes in my house, we likes a good fart here

Fart was definitely vulgar when I was a child. We boffed, which I still find funny.

windy pop

I love the word, and enjoy jokes about them. I prefer jokes about farts than sexual double entendres.

We step on lots of ducks here

Fart is the least of your worries. Today a boy of about 10 (after I told him there was no need to beat be nasty to the other boys on the field) said that I should "go back to my own country, then called me a C*nT"

!!!

I think farting is hilarious, simple as that

gosh. would never use such a vulgar word in our house.

Lol at 'windy pop'. That might be an adequate description for children, but nothing dh does could be described in such cute terms

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I've never thought there was anything wrong with 'fart', in fact my 2 year old says 'farty pants'

i don't like children using fart either!

and off topic: i cannot bear children saying OH MY GAWD!!!

sounds dreadful when children talk like that.

My mum told us that 'fart' was a swear word. We're still not allowed to say it in her house!

lol at 'boff', tinker. Might have to adopt that here. Not too bothered by fart but DH gags every time I use the word so will prob have to rethink.

come to think of it, I don't know what we used when I was growing up. Can't imagine how my parents broached the subject, maybe it was just politely ignored. Wonder if I can achieve the same with my family.

Windy pop is quite sweet for littl'uns.

The only person I can imagine saying 'blow off' is Boris Johnson.

YANBU I hate it. They even use it on tv now so its hard to convince my kids that its not acceptable.

Hate Oh my God, Gawd, God AH! too

Boff means something else in my circle of friends!

I am very posh indeed and older than anyone else here and it was always fart in my childhood. My parents would have died of shame if we had said "break wind" or "Windy pops" or any other euphemism. Mind you i wasn't allowed to say toilet either!

What, Sidge, what does boff mean?! I need to know, imagine the potential ridicule if I misuse it...

It means shagging

There's no farts or bums in our house.

Even when used as "eggy boff"? Not my phrase but does make me laugh

I have never heard farts described as boffs. Even eggy ones.

Maybe I just hang out with clarssy birds

By MsSpentEaster on Tue 31-Mar-09 14:59:30
"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"

same here

Wasn't allowed to use the word fart as a child, dc1 refers to them as "puff puffs".

Really don't know why as dh and I both now say fart, the rebels that we are!!