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What words do your parents/ILs use that you don't like

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saltire · 04/11/2006 13:35

Been reading the "unsolictied advice" thread, and it got me thinking about some of the words my MIL used to come out with, and she could never understand why i never used them.For example,
MIL used to call dummys a "titty"! Step MIl called it a "doo-doo". My mum called it a "sucky". How was i seriously expected to use those words. DS used to get confused becuase whoevers house we were at would call it their word!
For a poo, for some strange reason she calls "uh-uhs".
Then there's "inkle tinkle" for a wee. Or, "sprinkle tinkle" for a boys willie.!
Anyone else got some classic words

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scatterbrain · 04/11/2006 14:04

Ooh - Big Jobs for a Poo !!! Hate that SO much !

LadyOfTheFlowers · 04/11/2006 14:05

sneggies for teeth. i f'ing hate that.

fransmom · 04/11/2006 20:49

donnies for hands i used to hate that one

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handlemecarefully · 04/11/2006 20:50

"blow off" for fart for crissakes!

foundintranslation · 04/11/2006 20:52

My MIL says to ds 'do ei ei' (pronounced aye aye) for 'give me a cuddle'. She's German, but it grates just as much in German as in English, believe me.

taylormama · 04/11/2006 20:57

nunny for girls bits (WTF) ... "doing wind" for farts and burps and MIL calling my DS "my boy" (err no, he is mine actually) ...

moondog · 04/11/2006 21:07

'trumps' for farts and 'busy' for a crap.
Staffordshire relatives.

Makes me want to beat them.

mckenzie · 04/11/2006 21:20

MIL says 'belly' which for some reason I really dislike - I much prefer 'tummy'.

BIGlilBUBU · 04/11/2006 21:31

Because belly rymes with jelly...jelly belly!!
Prefer stomach myself.

northerner · 04/11/2006 21:38

My mum says tushy pegs for teeth, but I kind of like that, widdle instead of wee, hate that!

Mil calls ds's willy his tail, always makes me cringe.

Bairn for kids - hate that.

McDreamy · 04/11/2006 21:40

MIL says going for "byes" for going to bed grrrghhhhh

And she has "a relax"

that's about it

nikkie · 04/11/2006 21:41

girlies/kiddies

EmmyLou · 04/11/2006 22:04

Mil: "Naughty floor, smack the floor!" When one of the dds fell over.

Its inanimate FFS.

Ellbell · 04/11/2006 22:11

Not annoying, but quite funny...

My MIL always says goodbye/goodnight to my dds with 'Goodnight, God bless'. To which dd1 replied (when she was about 3), 'Goodnight, cobblers'. Luckily MIL is a bit deaf, but my (vehemently atheist) dh was PHSL!

Bibiboo · 05/11/2006 15:03

MIL tells DD when she's leaving she's "going tats" (tatty bye) - and my pet hate, she calls her trouble, how's that for giving her something to live up to?

southeastastra · 05/11/2006 15:11

phrase really but when my ds(5) was biting she told him the dentist would take all his teeth out

footprints · 05/11/2006 15:16

Oh, my mum calls poos "bowel movements" and wees "urination", which drives me mad.

Also, if dd has done a poo, my mum says she has "used" her nappy or "had a dirty nappy".

No, she has POOED!!!

stleger · 05/11/2006 15:41

I used to think my MIL was tired when she was 'going to sit down' - then discovered she was nipping off for a wee. (I haven't sat down today means constipation, and a long talk about linseed).

Gobbledispook · 05/11/2006 15:52

MIL says 'he has messed' if ds has done a poo. Sounds like she's referring to a dog!

SIL/BIL say 'she's shit' in reference to their baby dd

They also used daft terms like 'do-do' (dummy), 'bot bot' (bottle of milk)

I won't even talk about the racist comments

3andnomore · 05/11/2006 16:03

foundintranslation....eiei would usually be used for stroking (streicheln) though, wouldn't it? Or maybe that was just where I come from, lol!
And AA for #2's, lol! Pflaume (Plum) for female bits, lmao...my mum!

Mellowma · 05/11/2006 16:04

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