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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 03:59 PM
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Poll question: what nicknames/cutesy names do you use for kids?
could be your own kids. or nieces or nephews.

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Dora Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 04:00 PM
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1. Peanut. n/t
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Kali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 04:00 PM
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2. squids!
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Rambis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 04:05 PM
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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.
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 09:46 PM
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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
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Rambis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 10:09 AM
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31. I hope you hit a lot of GOP ankles (nm)
x
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KatyMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 04:06 PM
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4. idiot/dumbass... :)
sorry, went through 2 teenagers :)
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 04:08 PM
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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)
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anarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 01:41 PM
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43. this tattoo...is it b/c he is really good with those old word processors?
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 01:44 PM
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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....)
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SeattleGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 04:09 PM
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6. Kidlings, ankle biters, little tiny, and for my nephew, Little Bubba.
That's his nickname. :)
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greatauntoftriplets Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 04:13 PM
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7. Not my coinage, but it works....
The trio of mirth.

:D
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 04:13 PM
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8. my mom calls my three nephews
the "children of the corn"
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Whoa_Nelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 05:09 PM
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9. Schnookie-ookums
and Snookums

First time I called my baby granddaughter Snookums, my son said, "Hey! That's MY name!"
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 05:11 PM
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10. tiny butt
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 05:15 PM
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11. Larval Units
Edited on Mon Jun-25-07 05:16 PM by GoddessOfGuinness
My granddad used to call me Colonel and Bunnynose.
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lost-in-nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 05:41 PM
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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
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 05:42 PM
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13. lil monsters.
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ironflange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 05:43 PM
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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.


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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 06:06 PM
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15. nino n/t
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Bjornsdotter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 06:18 PM
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16. Shitlings


...or anklebiters.

Cheers
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 06:33 PM
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18. What about crumbsnatchers?
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Bjornsdotter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 08:59 PM
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28. That works

...I like it!

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

Escuincle = dog pup

(Nahuatl words in common use in Mexico)

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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 07:07 PM
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23. Hellions
Edited on Mon Jun-25-07 07:08 PM by BarenakedLady
Rugrats, devilspawn

monkeys, lovebugs, shnookums, kidlets, baby, buddy, Miss Thang
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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 07:14 PM
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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.
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Liberal Jesus Freak Donating Member (178 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 07:24 PM
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25. Mostly sweetie or sweetheart. n/t
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gollygee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 08:15 PM
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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.
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 08:16 PM
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27. Monkey butts; short people.
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xmas74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-25-07 09:09 PM
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29. Poo head.
We both call each other poo head and I'm not sure why.
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MAGICBULLET Donating Member (606 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 10:17 AM
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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."
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malta blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 10:19 AM
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33. I usually refer to little MB as sugar butt. nt
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 10:30 AM
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34. "Kid" is a cutesy name.
I prefer the names rug rats, yard monkeys, ankle-bikers, curtain-climbers or crumb-snatchers.
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 10:36 AM
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35. I use Juergs, Goobie and Poopster.
At one time Juergen was called Monkeylips but he outgrew it.
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nosillies Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 10:54 AM
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36. Bubby and Dude when I'm feeling nice...


Lil' Turds on most days, though :evilgrin:
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reyd reid reed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 10:56 AM
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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
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Wcross Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 12:41 PM
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38. Deduction. n/t
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 12:44 PM
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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......
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 01:29 PM
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40. Crotch Droppings, Cunt Dumplings, Snotleigh & Bratleigh, Germ Vectors
Hey, you asked. I'm not a kid person.
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Squatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 01:36 PM
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41. Munchkin or Munchie for short
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driver8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 02:45 PM
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47. I call our kids "munchkins", also.
Plus, we have about ten different nicknames for each of them!
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rhiannon55 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 01:41 PM
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42. My two grandbabies are
'Beanie-weenie' and 'Sweets'. I used to call their mother 'Bean', for some reason.
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Arkansas Granny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 01:52 PM
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45. I just call them all sweetie when I don't use their names.
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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-26-07 02:45 PM
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46. Tater
That's what I'd call it. Not gonna happen though :-)
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