my mom never referred to her children as "littles"

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Jul 15, 2019
9:21:45pm

Garn All-American

my mom never referred to her children as "littles"

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Garn

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Words that moms are using lately that drive me NUTS! "Littles" & "Kiddos" ugh

Garn

7/15/19 9:19pm

lately?

BlueFrog

7/15/19 9:20pm

my mom never referred to her children as "littles"

Garn

7/15/19 9:21pm

my aunt did. me and my cousins my age were the littles

BlueFrog

7/15/19 9:24pm

Kiddos? That’s only been popular for like 40 years.

7/15/19 9:21pm

I have heard kiddo used, but kiddos? "I need to go pick up the kiddos"...weird

Garn

7/15/19 9:22pm

Would you prefer that they use kiddi as the plural?

cougaman

7/15/19 9:24pm

Distinguishing the 2 as different is weirder than the words themselves

fattycoug

7/15/19 9:53pm

Maybe some people used it....it caught on way more

mokelembembe

7/15/19 9:24pm

Want to know what’s worse? Fur-babies

byuguns55

7/15/19 9:28pm

You have now been blocked by BYUImaginesDragons.

Pimpin4Paradise

7/15/19 9:31pm

*In 2 weeks

TCuz

7/15/19 9:37pm

True. Depends on how far back she extends her "fur babies" search parameters.

Pimpin4Paradise

7/15/19 9:39pm

Kiddos is fine but littles is cringey.

7/15/19 9:29pm

Kiddos I'm okay with. Littles makes me want to punch a face.

Pimpin4Paradise

7/15/19 9:30pm

Referring to kids older than 2 as your babies, and referring to other moms as

KingDave

7/15/19 9:32pm

How about "Mini me's"

STL

7/15/19 9:42pm

Both are far better than some of the words my Mom used for us growing up. 😉

soupie

7/15/19 9:46pm

"Sleeps" - only 2 more sleeps until Disneyland! Idiots.

byubyu

7/15/19 9:53pm

This is actually a good way to help really young kids understand the concept of

supertux

7/16/19 5:58am

A family in our ward has 6 kids.

Steuermann

7/15/19 9:55pm

Urchins and imps.

SierraCoug

7/15/19 9:57pm

RE: Words that moms are using lately that drive me NUTS! "Littles" &

WJCougar

7/15/19 9:58pm

only "littles" I've heard is from french speakers who are translating Les Petits

Hoss Bonaventure

7/15/19 10:00pm

Just heard littles yesterday at a missionary homecoming open house. Yes, cringe

UNLVcougar

7/15/19 10:02pm

RE: Words that moms are using lately that drive me NUTS! "Littles" &

cougarblue

7/15/19 10:05pm

Want to know what word I hate, Yummo, I hate it so bad

Stucoug83

7/15/19 10:10pm

“My little humans”

bluedad

7/15/19 10:14pm

I know this isn’t new at all, but “potty” drives me crazy

BigBlue04

7/15/19 10:23pm

My cousins sniff out flatulence with "did someone fluff?" Makes me want to cut

Zooropa

7/16/19 3:23am

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