Anonymous wrote:No, I like it. And I'm kinda over these threads about how people get all wrapped around the axle about innocuous names like this. Kiddo, buddy, littles, etc. They are all Fiiiiiine. Get a life OP.

No, they’re not “fiiiiiine.” They’re childish and idiotic and when you use them, you sound childish and idiotic. But hey, if that’s your goal, do continue.

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Anonymous wrote:It drives me nuts that these are terms only women use, and that this manner of speaking is very transparently something women do to appear cute/non-threatening/charming.

I know some of you are going to say "that's not why I do it, I just like it," but it's baby talk and women use baby talk intentionally to make themselves appear helpless and cute. It is really grating.

Thsts not how many of this works.

It absolutely IS how this works.

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Anonymous wrote:no, I like it

+1 I say it often.

Gag.

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Anonymous wrote:It drives me nuts that these are terms only women use, and that this manner of speaking is very transparently something women do to appear cute/non-threatening/charming.

I know some of you are going to say "that's not why I do it, I just like it," but it's baby talk and women use baby talk intentionally to make themselves appear helpless and cute. It is really grating.

It bothers me that you think that it's specific to women, and also that you can police it. Treating women like adult means not lecturing them on their word choice. Your misogyny shows.

Treating women like adults means holding them accountable when they use cutesy baby talk. If men spoke this way, and especially if they did it specifically to make themselves look cute and non-threatening, we'd also criticize them.

If you want to be treated like an adult, try speaking like one. A grown up doesn't say crap like "ooooh, the hubs and I love that place, we can't wait to take the littles there next vacay!" That is the language of a freaking idiot.

No, if men used it you wouldn't decide it was cutesy, or that the person was an idiot or not an adult. You would decide it was a legitimate word. You're already misogynist so when a woman does something you think it must be idiotic.

Wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:It drives me nuts that these are terms only women use, and that this manner of speaking is very transparently something women do to appear cute/non-threatening/charming.

I know some of you are going to say "that's not why I do it, I just like it," but it's baby talk and women use baby talk intentionally to make themselves appear helpless and cute. It is really grating.

It bothers me that you think that it's specific to women, and also that you can police it. Treating women like adult means not lecturing them on their word choice. Your misogyny shows.

Oh, you’re one of THOSE. Got it.

Anonymous wrote:Nope. Freedom of speech.

Thanks for letting us know you don’t know what “free speech” is (and isn’t). Go back to 9th grade civics/government class.

Anonymous wrote:It drives me nuts that these are terms only women use, and that this manner of speaking is very transparently something women do to appear cute/non-threatening/charming.

I know some of you are going to say "that's not why I do it, I just like it," but it's baby talk and women use baby talk intentionally to make themselves appear helpless and cute. It is really grating.

+1,000,000

Anonymous wrote:donesies, but then we get to have littles back

Uh, no. Littles is worse. Why do adults want to sound insipid?

Anonymous wrote:no, I like it

No. It’s nauseating. You sound like a child when you say it and it isn’t cute whatsoever.

Anonymous wrote:I have an idea. Why don’t you use the words you want to use and STFU about other people?

What if the words I want to use are: "I hate it when people say kiddo and littles"?

Live and let live, baby.

I have an idea. Why don’t you use the words you want to use and STFU about other people?

Anonymous wrote:Get some therapy people. You have sound like a$& clown control freaks if you can’t handle a word that has been around for more than a hundred years. This is what truly upsets you? A word that you don’t like?

Look some people say "kiddo" and "littles" because... well, okay, I still don't understand why people do this.

But other people complain about it online in a parenting forward because it feels good to express annoyance with something that you have to pretend is not unbelievably grating in real life. Like if someone says these words to me, I just smile and listen to them tell me more about their littles. But inside I'm like "what in holy hell" and this thread is a nice place to express that.

Anonymous wrote:I hate 'besties'. It's not only annoying, it's exclusionary

Besties, BFFs, "my squad", or the very worst one: "my girlies."

I am not bothered by "the girls" or "my girls" which sounds like something my MIL would say and doesn't sound exclusive as I feel like it can refer to an amorphous group.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't mind "kiddo" but I will join the cause if we can also ban "gifted", as in "I gifted my teen an ipad for Christmas." So silly and pretentious. It has an appropriate place in the financial world but most of the time people are using it incorrectly. IMO.

+1
It's always one particular type of person who uses "gift" as a verb.

It is like say we 'summered' in Europe....wtf!

*saying

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Anonymous wrote:I don't mind "kiddo" but I will join the cause if we can also ban "gifted", as in "I gifted my teen an ipad for Christmas." So silly and pretentious. It has an appropriate place in the financial world but most of the time people are using it incorrectly. IMO.

+1
It's always one particular type of person who uses "gift" as a verb.

It is like say we 'summered' in Europe....wtf!