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from the lady who started the preggo thread

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ithoughtofitfirst · 09/04/2014 08:30

Genuine giggles at how much preggo made people angry.

I don't even know why i used the word. Irony maybe?! Fuck knows. Deepest apologies.

The word bubba makes me sick in my own mouth.

What other words drive you nuts?

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HeirToTheIronThrone · 09/04/2014 11:50

'Lil' for little. WRITE/SAY IT PROPERLY YOU UTTER UTTER MORONS.

ImBrian · 09/04/2014 11:51

Little legs!

Emilycee · 09/04/2014 11:54

You are right Lorrie - I was always extra nice to her after that because I felt guily for being a stroppy bitch! :-(

lorriehearts · 09/04/2014 11:58

Ahh, I wouldn't worry yourself EmilyCee, I'd just blame it on the hormones and give her daggers when wasn't not looking Wink

edwardcullensotherwoman · 09/04/2014 12:04

I hate hubby/hubs/lil man/lil lady! Preggo seems a bit "nethuns" to me, and preggers just reminds me of the "preggerz 'n' peng" threads! So if anyone says it I just can't keep a straight face!

Any sort of baby talk among adults is just totally uncalled for - I don't even do it with DC. Emergency vehicles have always been called by their names, for example, not "nee-naws", and both DC knew what animals were called rather than just idenfitying them by sounds (moo-moo, maa-maa, etc)

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NestingNesting123 · 09/04/2014 12:29

Another 'hubby' hater here Angry Also 'hunni'.

CountBapula · 09/04/2014 12:35

lorrie At my 41 week appointment, the MW said, 'And how is Mum today?'. Just as my teeth started to itch, 3yo DS1 piped up, in a very stroppy voice, 'DON'T CALL HER MUM, HER NAME'S COUNT!' Blush Grin

I had to laugh Grin

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AntiDistinctlyMinty · 09/04/2014 12:43

Most of the above, plus 'doc' to refer to the GP. I get it at work all the time: I just spoke to the doc and...
Can you just pick this up from the doc?

No! We cannot pick it up from there! We may however be able to pick it up from the surgery, or even the doctor's. It really gets on my nerves Angry

Fluffycloudland77 · 09/04/2014 12:46

Preggerz & peng. Sets some people right off on one.

AntiDistinctlyMinty · 09/04/2014 12:50

Oh, and 'baby daddy'. Boak.

ohthegoats · 09/04/2014 12:55

I hate all of that. Preggers most of all, even though my dad has used it for years.

I use 'it', 'the potential child' and 'fat gut'. Because that's what they are.

OnABabyDiet · 09/04/2014 13:00

I love this thread.

Agree on gawjuss, hun, lil man and hubby.

I offer "dodie" (for dummy) "munchkin" and people who constantly refer to their daughter as "princess" or "the princess" - especially when talking to other adults: "oh, the princess has that top too...."

HaveYouTriedARewardChart · 09/04/2014 13:05

"Baby" really upsets me. Not so much from midwives etc but from acquaintances - hard to say why but so condescending.

Any infantilised words that really shouldn't be used by grown ups - hubby, bubba, all variations thereof, pressie, cossie, brekkie. Littlies too.

Gawjus of course.... and "gorgeous" or "beautiful" when used to describe food...... NO!!!!

HaveYouTriedARewardChart · 09/04/2014 13:07

and people that describe themselves as a "mummy" or refer to other women as "mummies"......

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ithoughtofitfirst · 09/04/2014 13:19

Dodie? For dummy?! NO!! That's not a thing is it?!!

Oh my GOD i have never heard of that but it's 'orrible

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unintentionalthreadkiller · 09/04/2014 13:24

Play date. Wins each and every time.

Plateofcrumbs · 09/04/2014 13:24

I must confess to occasionally dropping the definite article when referring to the baby. We don't have any other 'pet' names for the impending infant so it's just "(the) baby".

squizita · 09/04/2014 13:41

...and how are "WE" today?

Sorry? Do you mean me? Me and (unable to speak on account of being unborn) fetus? Me, you and fetus (you really should know who you are)?

Also any drawlingly middle class references to Baby Einstein or 'exposing' my developing child to 'classical music', audio-books of worthy tomes, super-organic vile tasting juices etc' (I trained in the arts, after which I've always worked within the childcare and education sectors and my posh-parent-scam-radar is set very high now I live in a posh-ish suburb).
I usually respond with 'yeah... Aerosmith, The Stones, all the classics. I did try Run DMC and NWA but it agitates the little one..."

Oh, and "Yummy mummy" whether said as a compliment or an insult (more often IME) of someone who just seems to look too good on 3 hr sleep a night so cannot possibly be warm and maternal. Good on her, lucky so and so, for looking so fresh faced: maybe DP does the night feeds, who knows. I'll be asking where she gets her make-up from in a few months, not slating her.

skinnyamericano · 09/04/2014 13:42

Not exactly a word, but an expression....'we are pregnant'.

No, men cannot get pregnant, therefore it is only YOU who is pregnant.

Emilycee · 09/04/2014 13:43

Instead of preggers, how about Keith Cheggers?! He he!

woodlandwanderwoman · 09/04/2014 13:47

Totes
Amazeballs
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SomethingOnce · 09/04/2014 14:04

Isn't dodie for dummy an Irish dialect thing? I'm sure my friend with an Irish DH told me that.

theDudesmummy · 09/04/2014 14:13

Shampoo to mean champagne. Drives me crazy.

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