Is bubby a bad word?

[Anonymous]

bubby

noun

pl. bub·bies Slang
A woman's breast.
Origin of bubby

Origin unknown
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[Anonymous]

"Bubbies" is used for "breasts" in some Victorian era porn, like The Pearl magazine.

[Anonymous]

That's what I call my 7 year old baby puppy. She's my widdle bubby, and I love her very much!

[Anonymous]

"Bubbies" is used to describe breasts in the movie "Shakespeare in Love."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You guys. Op is referring to "boobies." Sheesh.

Op, the word that is slang for breast is "boob." Or "boobies." The vowel sound is pronounced like tube, dude, food, nude, noodle, etc.

If your child is saying bubbies (with the U sounding like under, up, hub, cub, tub), that is ok. That's just a nonsense word that sounds like bubbles.

No, it's not a made up word. It's grandmother in another language.

Uh, op's kd is using it as a nonsense word for bubbles. Ops child is not looking at bubbles and saying "grandmother."

[Anonymous]

This is what I call my dog. I have no idea how or why, it's just something that I've called him endearingly since I got him 9 years. Never thought to refer to a person or thing by bubby and I have no idea what it really means.

[Anonymous]

"Shakespeare in Love" when Gwyneth is outed a woman in the theatre: "I saw her bubbies!"

[Anonymous]

I think it’s hilarious how dismissive posters are of word use they’re not familiar with. It’s bizarre to me that they try to correct others when they’re wrong. Bubbe/bubby is all 3-breasts, grandmas, and bros.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok 2nd gen immigrant here and can someone explain the word bubby? I too though it referred to breasts. And yet I've heard people call their grandmother bubby. I've heard people refer to their brothers that way (as in -- that's my bubby). Which is it??

Yes, “bubby” is a term for a grandmother. I’m wondering if OP meant to type “boobie”.

And brothers would be "buddies." This is more a spelling issue- likely the OP was not sure how to write out in English the word his or her son said.

OP, do you have an English speaking friend or neighbor whom you could ask about this? It would probably be easier to say what the boy said, rather than having to try to spell an unfamiliar word.

I have asked one American friend, she said that it was ok. Moreover, prior to writing this post I looked up on the dictionary. I have not misspelled the word according the Merriam-Webster entry for "Bubbies".

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bubbies

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Boobies -gentle slang for breasts. I try to get my son to knock it off, but it’s not super offensive

Bubbe (Buh-be) - Yiddish for grandma

Bubba (Buh-ba) - generally southern term for brother. Can be offensive if an outsider calls some good old boy “bubba” (eg, i remember northern Bill Clinton haters disparagingly referring to him as Bubba)

Thanks very helpful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was born and raised in America by parents born and raised in America. To me, bubby is a word for grandma. Bubbles is a word for the bottle of watery stuff that you blow with a wand.

If you mean BOOBIES, then yes, that means breasts. But it's not a bad word.

Thanks that is helpful. Please note that "bubbies" does indeed mean "breast" in American English too.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bubbies

[Anonymous]

Bubby is also commonly used for brother in WV, where I grow up. The parallel term for girls is Sissy.

[Anonymous]

OP here - many thanks. Very useful.

[Anonymous]

This is one of my favorite threads on DCUM.

[Anonymous]

I’ve been calling my three year old son bubby (in a snuggly smooch kiss way)for as long as I can remember and did not know there were other associations!