Anonymous
Post 01/27/2018 20:30     Subject: Re:Is bubby a bad word?
http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/10/31/a-brief-history-of-boobies/

Then, around 1680, there arose a bit of slang that would outshine most all the rest in its various forms: bubby.

Bubby, Green says, may come from the Latin word bibere, meaning to drink. Or it may be onomatopoeic, echoing the sound of an infant breast-feeding. By the 1800s, that word had morphed into booby, which became boob.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2018 18:57     Subject: Is bubby a bad word?
I sometimes call my kids “bubby” as a term of endearment. I don’t know why, maybe because it’s a mash of buddy and baby? Anyway, had no idea it was related to boobs.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2018 18:48     Subject: Is bubby a bad word?
Anonymous wrote:
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.

DH’s cousin’s family calls their youngest son “Bubby.” It stems from an older sibling’s mispronounciation of “brother.” Possible other families do this too.

Bubbe is a Yiddish term for grandmother. It comes from a completely separate root as using “boobies” for “breasts.”

Boobie is not a dirty word per se, but shouldn’t be used everywhere every day.


Thanks - have always wondered. And yes I've heard bubbie with little/big brothers. Didn't realize it was from a mispronunciation. And yeah I've also heard bubbe in Jewish families for grandma.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2018 17:56     Subject: Re:Is bubby a bad word?
Bubba is slang for brother in the south. Boobie is breast. Bubbe is grandmother in Yiddish.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2018 16:50     Subject: Is bubby a bad word?
What is your kid using the word to mean?
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2018 16:11     Subject: Re:Is bubby a bad word?
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.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2018 16:06     Subject: Is bubby a bad word?
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)
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2018 15:58     Subject: Is bubby a bad word?
“Bubby” for brother is country/Southern folk. My father’s sisters still call him Bubby.

Also a Jewish grandmother, and yes, for some circles, breasts (different from boobies, but same line of thought).
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2018 15:55     Subject: Is bubby a bad word?
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.


It's a nonsense word if a child says it about anything that is not "grandmothers".
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2018 15:51     Subject: Is bubby a bad word?
Anonymous wrote:
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.


What language?


Yiddish
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2018 15:51     Subject: Is bubby a bad word?
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.


What language?
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2018 15:51     Subject: Re:Is bubby a bad word?
Is it even a word at all?
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2018 15:49     Subject: Is bubby a bad word?
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.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2018 15:29     Subject: Is bubby a bad word?
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??


For the brother usage, I think Bubba is more common.


Sorry, I messed up the quote in my prior post.

For the brother usage, I think Bubba is more common.
Anonymous
Post 01/27/2018 15:21     Subject: Is bubby a bad word?
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??[/quote

For the brother usage, I think Bubba is more common.