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In hating the term LO

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OhYouBadBadKitten · 21/11/2009 20:20

My very first AIBU.

I cannot stand the term Little One or LO. Its a phrase that is creeping out everywhere. Its so ugh and cutsie and twee. They are children. We don't need a euphemism for child.

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JesusChristOtterStar · 23/11/2009 00:33

not technically letthereberock but if we are on earth for 80 - the first two deffo baby!

ParanoidAtAllTimes · 23/11/2009 04:51

Oh I love the term 'little one' and use it for my ds quite a lot. I think it's handy on here when talking about a baby as opposed to an older child.

I do agree that LO brings to mind 'learning objective' though. Not keen on DC's- you wouldn't say 'dear childrens'!

lazyemma · 23/11/2009 06:26

I abhor most initialisms used here because a) they're often revoltingly twee and b) incomprehensible to any outsider, so that they need to consult a list before they can understand what the hell people are talking about. I just use the proper words.

diddl · 23/11/2009 08:12

Spot on lazyemma

CheerfulYank · 24/11/2009 15:56

Hahahaha lazy, I'm totally changing my nn to revoltinglytwee. Got a ring to it, that.

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