to not understand why anyone would find this funny?

[KingRolo]

Here - baby t-shirt

A colleague emailed this to me. She thought it was funny.

AIBU to think I should say something about the inappropriate sexualisation of babies / children or should I just let it go? Maybe I'm having a sense of humour bypass.

What does anyone else think?

[groundhogs]

Foul, tasteless and deeply worrying.... I have a sense of humour (mind you, we all say that...) but that's not funny at all.

Mind you,I don't think it's particularly right to have Monster in training, I'm trouble or stuff like that on kids t-shirts.

Am not the most ultra PC of people, but it just looks like labelling to me, and not very pleasant labelling at that.

[saintlydamemrsturnip]

Not following your logic katiestar.....

Can you explain further?

Or should we all still be using terms like mongol, spaz & retarded (or retard as that's more equivalent to spaz than retarded)?

[Woooozle100]

Eh katiestar? So a word derived from another word and appropriated in a derogatory manner is alright then? Providing the original context was valid?

What a load of arse. Think you'll find this is how most insults are constructed. By your logic, paki and nigger would have no negative connotations and be perfectly acceptable abbreviations

spaz is really insulting. It bears little relation to any description of spasticity. And yes scope did have to change their name as a result of how people felt about the word spastic.

I would be incensed if I saw someone had dressed their spawn in a 'little spaz' t shirt. Twould hurt me loads more than someone punching me in the face or hoofing me in the fanny

[StealthBearWipesBumOnDailyMail]

please someone tell me the 'innocent' meaning?
if there isn't one then i just don't get it at all

[PinkTulips]

i have to admitt i laughed at 'I'm this many'

they're fairly vile though...

[woozlet]

I have read spaz before on an american forum and was shocked. But now I see what they are meaning, it's still bad though.

I quite like the party at my crib one, that's quite cute!

[KingRolo]

Regarding the word 'pimp'

"You're baby can be pimpin' just like you at the next wedding or formal event."

Pimpin? At a formal event? Blimey!

(Don't get me started on the apostrophe)

[KingRolo]

How can a t-shirt with a slogan about being 'well hung' not be sexualising the baby wearing it?

And katiestar - are you being serious there about the use of the word spastic?

[Mumcentreplus]

bad taste alert...very yuk

[PartOfTheHumphreysGroup]

I do like the AB/CD one though :-)

[posieparkerinChina]

It's not sexualising children, it's just not funny and a little ewwww.

[MoonIsATiredSlayer]

Katiestar are you on something?

[BananaPudding]

I am American, here's how I feel about these terms:

Hung: means here what it means to you. I find itvery poor taste to apply it to a baby.

Spaz: Comes from spastic and was originally used as a derogatory term for people with spastic conditions. It somehow became mainstream slang to describe a person who is out of control hyper. It is said in the same tone of meaning as "you idiot" or "you dumbass". I have never heard it used as a harmless synonym for energetic. I do find it offensive and generally view the speaker as ignorant and rude. I feel the same way when I hear the word "retard". This subject actually makes my blood boil a bit.

Fit: to our ears, this is a very old fashioned word for seizures, now seen as very rude and harking back to the days of unthinkable asylums and indiscriminate shock treatment.

Pimpin': UGH. Most of America seems to think that the word "pimp" is now an adjective. It's an ugly word, but fairly accepted.

[StealthBearWipesBumOnDailyMail]

Am I missing the joke in the OP? What's the double meaning because I can only see the penis size interpretation!

[Crablass]

I saw one a while back which said

"all mummy wanted was a backrub" which made me laugh.

I also quite liked "If I don't match it's because daddy dressed me"

[ilovesprouts]

i dont like it at all !!

[katiestar]

I associated the 'booby man' with man boobs not 'liking womens boobs' they don't need a T shirt to tell us that !!

The word spastic is just an adjective that means means characterised by spasms.
It used to be the word to discribe cerebtal palsy and SCOPE used to call itself the spastic society.So I think its a bit rich for sufferers to suddenly decide the word belongs to them and must never be used by anyone.

[mummygirl]

I think that the baby in the OP link is particularly ugly

[MoonIsATiredSlayer]

I generally don't mind slogan t-shirts if they're fairly innocent but these are just repulsive.

It DOES matter about the origin of the word and I would find these offensive if I saw them. I don't think Mamaz would actually go up and punch someone, I think she was just expressing how cross it would make her feel - on good grounds I think.

[KingRolo]

The 'Booby Man' one is pretty abhorrent too. No wonder people have issues with women breastfeeding in public.

[Rosieeo]

I quite liked 'Spit Happens'. Quite apt atm...

[ilovemydogandmrobama]

There is no language barrier here.

Hung like a donkey
Spaz
Pimpin

All mean the same.

[curiositykilled]

sorry rather majorly x-posted there!

[curiositykilled]

spaz is much less offensive in the US. Whilst being derived from spastic, for some reason spaz means energetic in the US.

The T-shirts are HORRIBLE though. My friend bought DS a shirt that said 'the incredible sulk' on it. I hate that but that's not a patch on these ones!

[MissSunny]

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