https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 12 Aug 2026 04:30:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for/page/2#post-1499533 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:23:26 +0000 singingbee 1499533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Poot!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for/page/2#post-1499528 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:22:37 +0000 Happygal 1499528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsADS: we use that if you walked through the room and did it. Or it followed you. </p> <p>Anyone say barking spiders? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for/page/2#post-1499518 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:19:42 +0000 Boheme 1499518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH has all kinds of weird terms for it... Usually he says "Damn ducks" or "I think I just stepped on a barking spider". When we first got married, I told him that over X amount of farts a day indicates a medical problem, so now he usually says "Sorry about my medical problem." and laughs. lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for/page/2#post-1499508 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:17:25 +0000 mrbee 1499508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to tell Charlie, "I think I just heard a barking spider!". Now he says the same thing... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for/page/2#post-1499507 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:15:53 +0000 MsLipGloss 1499507@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HabesBabe: Awesome - thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for/page/2#post-1499506 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:15:46 +0000 MrsADS 1499506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So, don't judge... DH and I say cropdust. Like "Did you just crop dust?" Hahaha. We will NOT use that with a future LO... probably just pass gas, or maybe toot.</p> <p>But definitely not fart! I think it's crude. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for/page/2#post-1499503 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:13:57 +0000 HabesBabe 1499503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: it's "dit"... it sounds pretty much the way it's spelled! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for/page/2#post-1499490 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:08:27 +0000 MsLipGloss 1499490@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Meridian: LOL! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for/page/2#post-1499482 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:06:27 +0000 Meridian 1499482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We made up the word, "blup", we talk about farting all the time, we're so mature :silly: </p> <p>Also, I can't remember where I heard it, but I heard a saying, "Children are like farts, the only ones you can stand are your own." So sometimes I'll tell him to "keep your kids to yourself", ha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for/page/2#post-1499469 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:03:08 +0000 MsLipGloss 1499469@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use *toot* for LO. </p> <p>@HabesBabe: What is the Vietnamese word? Could you spell it out phonetically? </p> <p>I am DYING at: popper, shoot a bunny, breezer, and fritters!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for/page/2#post-1499459 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:01:51 +0000 birdofafeather 1499459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>toot! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for/page/2#post-1499450 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 17:58:10 +0000 NCSUchick27 1499450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We usually say poot.</p> <p>If we accidentally pass gas and it is audible we will say, "Did you hear that barking tree spider?" or "I think I just stepped/sat on a frog." We are weird. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for/page/2#post-1499386 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 17:25:47 +0000 jhd 1499386@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsrain: exactly this! We weren't allowed to use fart either. It was always pass gas. Not sure what we will say with LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for/page/2#post-1499269 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 16:28:44 +0000 lemondrop 1499269@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Toot! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for#post-1499238 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 16:16:57 +0000 meganmp 1499238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We made up a word- leem. It stemmed from a ridiculous conversation about the Spanish word for lime. I said that lemon is limon, and when DH asked what lime is, I replied with "Leem!". It turned into a whole big thing... and now a fart is a leem. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for#post-1499231 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 16:13:55 +0000 JerricaBenton 1499231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I try to say toot because I couldn't picture my little lady saying farther lol. My husband can't do it and just says farther so we'll see who wins! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for#post-1499228 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 16:12:45 +0000 littleredhairedgrl 1499228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my cousin's girls say "beefed" which is so gross but so hysterical when the word is coming out of a 5yr old girl! dh and I will use toot </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for#post-1499222 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 16:10:42 +0000 sorrycharlie 1499222@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Dying!</p> <p>We just say fart. Not shy over here! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for#post-1499179 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:55:08 +0000 Glitter 1499179@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I grew up saying "pass air" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for#post-1499157 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:47:29 +0000 gingerbebe 1499157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think we usually say "toot" or don't talk about it in polite company, but at home DH and I talk about "butt trumpeting." :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for#post-1499097 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:30:11 +0000 HellOnHeels 1499097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MaryM: can't find a clip, but that totally made me think of the South Park episode where they say, "fahts aren't funny!" Lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for#post-1499089 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:27:44 +0000 LindsayInNY 1499089@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I hear DH, I usually ask him if he ripped one. Mature, I know. ;)</p> <p>Growing up, we were told to call it a "breezer." Not sure why because that sounds weird. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for#post-1499085 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:27:05 +0000 LuLu Mom 1499085@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Toot, I always ask LO if she tooted </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for#post-1499080 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:26:10 +0000 HellOnHeels 1499080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fart. Dad's favorite after he let one go was, "Duck's are flying low today!"<br /> DH likes to use a shortened version of "cut the cheese" and says things like, "did you cut?!" We use that one more often then not or "let one go". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for#post-1499076 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:24:19 +0000 MrsH 1499076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Toot. DH's grandma calls them boofies </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for#post-1499073 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:23:50 +0000 MaryM 1499073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We grew up saying "pop"</p> <p>It wasn't until we hung out with our cousins in New England that we heard the word fart. I think my sister was about 5 and she started saying "Faht" and dropping the R because that's what the cousins said. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for#post-1499064 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:20:18 +0000 Smurfette 1499064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>toot or poot </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for#post-1499046 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:15:02 +0000 Mrs.Panda 1499046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Growing up we always used the Korean word for fart. Now I just say fart haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for#post-1499037 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:11:17 +0000 swurlygurl 1499037@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well, I guess our replacement word would be 'toot', but like @mrsrain: I just try to talk around it. I don't like any of the words - they're all kind of silly and awkward! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-is-your-polite-substitution-word-for#post-1499025 Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:07:52 +0000 mrsrain 1499025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is there ever really a polite way to talk about gas? :grin: </p> <p>Growing up my parents always said "pass gas". We weren't allowed to use the word "fart" because they said it was crude. I always wondered why we had to talk about it at all!</p> <p>DH and I usually talk around it. For example, he farts and I suggest, "can you please spray some Febreeze?" When it comes to our baby I imagine we will just talk about whether or not she is gassy. </p>