Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

what nicknames/cutesy names do you use for kids?

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
This topic is archived.
Home » Discuss » The DU Lounge Donate to DU
 
datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 03:59 PM
Original message
Poll question: what nicknames/cutesy names do you use for kids?
could be your own kids. or nieces or nephews.

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
Dora Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 04:00 PM
Response to Original message
1. Peanut. n/t
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 04:00 PM
Response to Original message
2. squids!
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Rambis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 04:05 PM
Response to Original message
3. Skweets/Scooter
I have no idea where the first one came from for the girl but the boys one is scott so it makes sense.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 09:46 PM
Response to Reply #3
30. scooter was my nickname as a baby
apparently i thought it was a great time to roll around in my walker and bash the shit of the adults' ankles
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Rambis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 10:09 AM
Response to Reply #30
31. I hope you hit a lot of GOP ankles (nm)
x
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
KatyMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 04:06 PM
Response to Original message
4. idiot/dumbass... :)
sorry, went through 2 teenagers :)
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 04:08 PM
Response to Original message
5. multiple kids: the kiddles
my own son.... schmuck



(that's because he has "wang master" tattooed on his back. His friends call him "wang". I call him schmuck)
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
anarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 01:41 PM
Response to Reply #5
43. this tattoo...is it b/c he is really good with those old word processors?
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 01:44 PM
Response to Reply #43
44. I have given up trying to figure out why my son does anything he does
(As you can tell, I'm very frustrated with the boy these days....)
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 04:09 PM
Response to Original message
6. Kidlings, ankle biters, little tiny, and for my nephew, Little Bubba.
That's his nickname. :)
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 04:13 PM
Response to Original message
7. Not my coinage, but it works....
The trio of mirth.

:D
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 04:13 PM
Response to Reply #7
8. my mom calls my three nephews
the "children of the corn"
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 05:09 PM
Response to Original message
9. Schnookie-ookums
and Snookums

First time I called my baby granddaughter Snookums, my son said, "Hey! That's MY name!"
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 05:11 PM
Response to Original message
10. tiny butt
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 05:15 PM
Response to Original message
11. Larval Units
Edited on Mon Jun-25-07 05:16 PM by GoddessOfGuinness
My granddad used to call me Colonel and Bunnynose.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
lost-in-nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 05:41 PM
Response to Original message
12. Our daughter is
Miss Yvonne from the pee wee herman show
the most BEEEAAAUUUUTTIIIFUL girl in the world...
I still call her that and she is 24

Our son I call babe
I don't know why.....
when he was a baby though he was nicknamed Winston Churchill by his grandfathers....



lost
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 05:42 PM
Response to Original message
13. lil monsters.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
ironflange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 05:43 PM
Response to Original message
14. Devilspawn. I actually used that yesterday!
Then she told me to shut up. It's OK. really, we have an extremely good relationship. I'm very lucky.


Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 06:06 PM
Response to Original message
15. nino n/t
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Bjornsdotter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 06:18 PM
Response to Original message
16. Shitlings


...or anklebiters.

Cheers
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 06:33 PM
Response to Reply #16
18. What about crumbsnatchers?
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Bjornsdotter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 08:59 PM
Response to Reply #18
28. That works

...I like it!

Cheers :toast:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Divameow77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 06:22 PM
Response to Original message
17. My boys are Noah and Ty
and I call them Noah Bear and Ty-Bo.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 06:34 PM
Response to Original message
19. Punkin-head n/t
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Digit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 06:53 PM
Response to Original message
20. Curtain climbers, Ankle biters.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 06:55 PM
Response to Original message
21. Not 'cutsie' but I tend to call all kids 'buddy'.
:shrug:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 07:01 PM
Response to Original message
22. Chilpayate, Escuincle
Chilpayate = snot nose

Escuincle = dog pup

(Nahuatl words in common use in Mexico)

Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 07:07 PM
Response to Original message
23. Hellions
Edited on Mon Jun-25-07 07:08 PM by BarenakedLady
Rugrats, devilspawn

monkeys, lovebugs, shnookums, kidlets, baby, buddy, Miss Thang
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 07:14 PM
Response to Original message
24. chicken butt
I've been calling my daughter chicken butt for as long as I can remember. My dad called me sugar booger and sugar pie pooh face. Obviously my weirdness comes naturally.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Liberal Jesus Freak Donating Member (178 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 07:24 PM
Response to Original message
25. Mostly sweetie or sweetheart. n/t
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
gollygee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 08:15 PM
Response to Original message
26. Young Child is a common one for us
I don't know how that got started.

My husband likes to call her Squirt, quoting the turtle from Finding Nemo . . . "You rock, squirt!" or something like that. I'm not sure if I'm remembering that right.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 08:16 PM
Response to Original message
27. Monkey butts; short people.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 09:09 PM
Response to Original message
29. Poo head.
We both call each other poo head and I'm not sure why.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
MAGICBULLET Donating Member (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 10:17 AM
Response to Original message
32. I call either one of them a monkey butt
and they call me super ape

or I ask them if they're a mouse or a puppy and mostly they say "I'm a puppy."
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
malta blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 10:19 AM
Response to Original message
33. I usually refer to little MB as sugar butt. nt
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 10:30 AM
Response to Original message
34. "Kid" is a cutesy name.
I prefer the names rug rats, yard monkeys, ankle-bikers, curtain-climbers or crumb-snatchers.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 10:36 AM
Response to Original message
35. I use Juergs, Goobie and Poopster.
At one time Juergen was called Monkeylips but he outgrew it.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
nosillies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 10:54 AM
Response to Original message
36. Bubby and Dude when I'm feeling nice...


Lil' Turds on most days, though :evilgrin:
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
reyd reid reed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 10:56 AM
Response to Original message
37. Ready?
My kids:

1. Boo-boo
2. Bonehead
3. Girly-poo
4. Buzzard-butt
5. Butt-boy

and then, not my kids but kids that I spent a lot of time with when they were little:

1. Punker-doodles
2. Monkey
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Wcross Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 12:41 PM
Response to Original message
38. Deduction. n/t
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 12:44 PM
Response to Original message
39. I used to call the kids Beauregard and Magnolia
And the kids called me "The Colonel" and their Mom "Cubby" I never did figure out Cubby.

We were living in New York at the time and I had to southernize the home a bit......
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 01:29 PM
Response to Original message
40. Crotch Droppings, Cunt Dumplings, Snotleigh & Bratleigh, Germ Vectors
Hey, you asked. I'm not a kid person.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 01:36 PM
Response to Original message
41. Munchkin or Munchie for short
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
driver8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 02:45 PM
Response to Reply #41
47. I call our kids "munchkins", also.
Plus, we have about ten different nicknames for each of them!
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
rhiannon55 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 01:41 PM
Response to Original message
42. My two grandbabies are
'Beanie-weenie' and 'Sweets'. I used to call their mother 'Bean', for some reason.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
Arkansas Granny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 01:52 PM
Response to Original message
45. I just call them all sweetie when I don't use their names.
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 02:45 PM
Response to Original message
46. Tater
That's what I'd call it. Not gonna happen though :-)
Printer Friendly | Permalink |  | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view 
this author's profile Click to add 
this author to your buddy list Click to add 
this author to your Ignore list Tue Apr 30th 2024, 01:49 AM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » The DU Lounge Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC