I HATE the word Bobo!

[Anonymous]

It's a bottom, or even butt. I will except rear end or even hiney, although it's not my favorite. My DD daycare teacher calls it her bobo, so now my daughter does and it makes me cringe. I literally hate the word.

[Anonymous]

I have never heard that word.

[Anonymous]

Me, neither.

[Anonymous]

+3

[Anonymous]

+4

[Anonymous]

Is this the name of a clown , bobo the clown

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have never heard that word.

+1

[Anonymous]

We said that because my husband is Puerto Rican. It means mute and the Puerto Ricans use it to describe pacifiers, since they can inhibit a kid's ability to speak.

[Anonymous]

accept, not except.

Never heard bobo used -- I thought you were talking about the word for scrapes/bruises (boo boo? bobo?)

[Anonymous]

I thought you meant that little chair for kids that can't sit up, what is that called, a Boppo or something?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We said that because my husband is Puerto Rican. It means mute and the Puerto Ricans use it to describe pacifiers, since they can inhibit a kid's ability to speak.

OP said her DC uses it for her butt, not her pacifier. FTR, pacifiers do not inhibit speech.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a bottom, or even butt. I will except rear end or even hiney, although it's not my favorite. My DD daycare teacher calls it her bobo, so now my daughter does and it makes me cringe. I literally hate the word.

So, slang words from your culture (butt, hiney) are acceptable, but caregivers can't use the words from their culture? Lovely.

[Anonymous]

Have never heard the word used that way -- I thought the title was referring to the term as used by David Brooks in Bobos in Paradise.

[Anonymous]

If you don't like it just tell DC not to use it. It will take a while to break the habit if they use it at daycare, but reinforce at home and it will work eventually.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We said that because my husband is Puerto Rican. It means mute and the Puerto Ricans use it to describe pacifiers, since they can inhibit a kid's ability to speak.

OP said her DC uses it for her butt, not her pacifier. FTR, pacifiers do not inhibit speech.

I think she just meant that with a pacifier in a kids mouth it is hard to talk, not that pacifiers cause speech delays.