Is anyone else annoyed by phrases like "baby daddy" and "hoodie"??!!

Danielle - posted on 02/11/2010

Idk lol I use the term hoodie. Baby daddy/momma drives me crazy though. I do use the term "sperm donor" but honestly- my older son's "father" is a deadbeat who has never seen or attempted to see him so that's all he is to us.

Tylena - posted on 02/11/2010

OMG! I know I sure am!!! uuhg! lol

Charlie - posted on 02/10/2010

Dont come to Australia then slang haters LOL .
Words used for my entire 25 years here .
Football - Footy
Hoodie
Petrol - petty
cup of tea - cuppa
Good day - G'day ( that one is as old as time LOL )
Afternoon - Arvo
No - nah
Yes - Yeah

it goes on and on , slang is hardly new .

@ renae An Emo is not a goth and many people in the goth community would find that offensive as would the emos .

Emilie - posted on 02/10/2010

yeah, I hate both of those phrases. I just recently got remarried, my mom was very mad at me for some reason, and she told me that she thought that the only reason I got married was so that I could have a "baby daddy" I got really mad at her for saying that for 2 reasons #1. I don't talk like that, #2. I married my husband because I love him. Another thing, what ever happened to love? Now days people sleep around for recreation, they don't think about the consequences.

Sharon - posted on 02/10/2010

hahaha Mary!! in highschool I called those guys S.O.B.s!!

Mary - posted on 02/10/2010

Well, as an L&D nurse we see a lot of women who call the biological father "baby daddy". This is to make clear that they do not necessarily have an ongoing, stable realtionship with this man. We usually refer to them as "FOB's"...Father Of Baby.

Bernice - posted on 02/09/2010

I beg to differ on that comment not all dads are trash. My son is 22 and is raising his two daughters by himself cuz the mother is the one that turned out to be trash....

Bernice - posted on 02/09/2010

yes I am cuz the babys daddy has a name why not use it.

Lisa - posted on 02/09/2010

This cracks me up! I totally agree about the hooded sweat shirt! I have thought that for years, so glad I'm not alone!!

Krista - posted on 02/09/2010

No, that's a good point, Gwen. Mind you, in some circumstances, where the child was the result of a fling, the term is crude but not altogether inaccurate, as the only thing the father has actually contributed is his DNA.

Gwen - posted on 02/09/2010

Nothing against Krista...I also don't like the term sperm donor. Regardless of where my ex is now, we were (in my case) married at the time I became pregnant. That makes him more than a "sperm donor."

I don't know..it just seems like we don't care what kind of language we use anymore. I can't imagine my grandmother running around talking about her sperm donor or baby daddy! :-O

~Jennifer - posted on 02/09/2010

Here it is in my little world:

sweatshirt with or without a hood = sweatshirt.
sweat jacket w/ hood & a zipper = hoodie

(and the rest of the ensemble):
Sweatpants - those baggy things with elastic around the ankles
Track pants - those nylon things
Yoga pants - sweatpants that look like the elastic wore out in the ankles ('bootcut sweatpants'? really? who wears boots with sweatpants?)

......seems like they just took the 'sweat' out of the clothes and made them into 'workout gear'.
Who knew you could glamorize a sweatsuit?

Krista - posted on 02/09/2010

"Baby daddy" basically implies that the guy was not much more than a sperm donor, and that he currently has no relationship with the mother. So it's definitely not a flattering term. I agree "my child's father" just sounds a little less Maury-esque.

I don't have any issue with "hoodie", though. It's to the point now where "hooded sweatshirt" sounds almost a bit pedantic.

Melissa - posted on 02/09/2010

I don't EVER remember calling it a hooded sweatshirt. It's always been a Hoodie to me and my family. As for 'baby daddy/momma" uech! I hate that term!! And all other Ebonics terms!! It makes a person look lazy in my opinion and it shows a lack of any kind of class.

Jessica - posted on 02/09/2010

one slang that makes my blood boil is "love you off" which is supposed to mean i love everything about you... but whatever happened to just saying "baby your amazing, i love you"?

i actually hate the term baby daddy, but i call my daughters father that once in awhile as a joke.. and we laugh about it. and people have asked him "whos yo baby mama" and hes like er.. i dont have one... she is the mother of my daughter. please speak more respectively when referring to Jessica, since that is her name"

Gwen - posted on 02/09/2010

My daughter hasn't seen her father in months, but that's what I call him, "father" or "Eric". In my opinion, "baby daddy" is just lazy grammar. Saying "my baby's father" also implies the relationship to me.

He is not dad, daddy or da-da, because he hasn't earned that relationship.

Sharon - posted on 02/09/2010

ROTFLMFAO!!! All daddies are trash? um oh geeze

Isobel - posted on 02/09/2010

*see: my baby-daddy came home drunk last night...or my baby-daddy has no job (since these are the things I generally associate with baby-daddies as opposed to fathers, dads, and daddies)



It is also important to note that "baby-daddy" actually implies his relation to YOU not the baby.



My baby daddy, as opposed to my baby's daddy.

~Jennifer - posted on 02/09/2010

Melissa, no one's saying anything about the word 'daddy'.....they're discussing the slang term "baby daddy" used in place of 'my son / daughter's father'.
It's not a discussion of what your child refers to, or the title he / she knows his / her father AS. It's a discussion of the ridiculous twisting of grammatically correct language to form new (and IMO ridiculous) phrases that make the person using the term sound generally uneducated.

Charlene - posted on 02/09/2010

I use the term hoodie sometimes, but I usually just say sweater.

And the term 'babby daddy' bugs me. It seems like a term you would use to describe a deadbeat father. Why can't people just say my child's/baby's father/dad?



Also, @ Renae. 'Emo' and 'Goth' are similar, but still different. It's kind of hard to explain.

Tiffany - posted on 02/09/2010

Hoodie doesn't bother me a bit but he ain't just my "baby daddy" lol. ;) As an unmarried mother I refer to their father as "my children's father" or "my hunny" or something of that nature.

Melissa - posted on 02/09/2010

how can people say that someone is trash? Ive never personally used that term, but my husband is my baby's daddy. His father, dad. pops, etc. When my husband gets home i say "theres daddy" and my son knows that term daddy. So does that make my family trash, because my husband is a "daddy". I think were taking this a bit too far, everyone has pet peeves, but twice now ive read people calling other trash. Its just not right.

Renae - posted on 02/09/2010

Thank you for explaining. I clicked on this thread out of curiosity because I didn't know what "baby daddy" or "hoddie" meant! But now that you mention it I have heard those terms used. I recently discovered that the generation Y's version of a "gothic" (or as far as I understand it) is called an "emo". I'm not that old but clearly I'm just completely out of date.

Kathy - posted on 02/09/2010

Hoodie doesn't worry me.

I've only ever heard the term "baby daddy" on COM and it took my a while to work it out! Horrible term!

Another peeve is "mommy milk" - it's BREAST milk! Even "mummy milk" couldn't save it!

Charlie - posted on 02/09/2010

LOL no , we have been calling them Hoodies for 20 years , as for baby daddy im not fussed however you choose to describe him is up to you i just wouldn't use it personally .

Nikki - posted on 02/08/2010

"baby daddy" drives me absolutely nuts

but " hoodie" whats wrong with that ?? That's what I call them

Lydia - posted on 02/08/2010

lol I'm not a fan of "baby daddy" either - although I dont have a problem with "hoodie". gutter spelling also drives me nuts (eg wiv dat aks cuz) so I dont bother reading or responding to anything written like that. Sharon is right - it reaks of trash (whether they are or not) and its hard to take it seriously

Sandi - posted on 02/08/2010

I never fully understoon "baby daddy" or what it implies. Is it the babys' daddy or is he acting like a baby but he's a dad or is he your "baby" and your childs "dad"? I call my hubby "baby".
It's the same as when poeple here say "that's joke"...what does that mean?!? I feel like I'm out of touch and past it at 24yrs old :(
But yes annoying. A hoodie is a hoodie though :P

Lesley - posted on 02/08/2010

nothing wrong with the term "hoodie" that's what it is lol....but as for "baby daddy" and "baby momma" so annoying....

Melissa - posted on 02/08/2010

im guessing you watch Maury Povich LOL. I hear baby daddy all the time on that show. Hilarious. Ive never actually thought of it, but i dont think we should judge someone trailer trash because they use that term. Oh well we all have our little pet peeves.

Sheree - posted on 02/08/2010

Just wanted to add as well, what ever happened to being able to say, my husband, my partner or my boyfriend? Why do you have to day baby daddy, or my child's father, unless of course you are seperated, but then can't you say my ex? I still hate baby daddy though :)

Andrea - posted on 02/08/2010

I hate Baby Daddy...and the phrase Baby Mama! Eleisha's right...it's not even grammatically correct!

Erin - posted on 02/08/2010

What's wrong with "hoodie"? I always call mine that lol. But yes "baby daddy", can't stand it.

Eleisha - posted on 02/08/2010

"Baby Daddy" drives me nuts, whatever happened to using correct grammar, it just sound ridiculous!

Sheree - posted on 02/08/2010

I agree completely with Sharon. Well said :)

Sharon - posted on 02/08/2010

I'm not a fan of it. To me it means the father/parents are utterly trash. As in, not responible enough to be a FATHER. He's the "baby daddy" aka "sperm donor".

I don't use it politely.

Sarah - posted on 02/08/2010

Totally agree with the "Baby Daddy" thing! Horrible phrase!

Natalie - posted on 02/08/2010

I hate the term baby daddy!

I live in Texas and my sister lived with us until last summer for a whole year so she went to school here. She's only 14 and in middle school. well, quite a few girls get pregnant around here and the guys keep sleeping around and then they sit in the school bus talking about their "baby mama's" and seem to think it's cool Yuck, it's disgusting! I'm always think where the HELL are their parents?



Anyways, my brother's (20) girlfriend (15) is pregnant and she keeps referring to him as her Baby Daddy. Ugh, he's not a baby daddy, he's the father of her child! He's there for her, pays for everything... now, if he wanted nothing to do with her or the baby and things like that then i could understand.. but he's being responsible for what happened so he's being a father.

Cassie - posted on 02/08/2010

I can not stand the term baby daddy!! It is one of my biggest pet peeves while on COM. I generally avoid certain communities because that phrase is used so much!