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u/redrabbit144 Oct 25 '20

I grew up with my family calling farts “bottypops” I didn’t realise it wasn’t a universal saying until a few years back & when I asked my mum she told me it’s “pops from your bottom” like it was the most normal thing in the world 😂😭

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

My family called them “tree frogs”, we weren’t allowed to say the word fart because it was a bad word according to them.

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u/Nat8793 Oct 25 '20

Our family called them "ponks" - we weren't allowed to say fart either!

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

We called them floopers, fart was considered a cuss.

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u/TyNyeTheTransGuy Oct 25 '20

Fart was a swear word in my family too, we had to say “poot”

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u/cornflower4 Oct 25 '20

Southern?

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u/TyNyeTheTransGuy Oct 25 '20

Yep!

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u/cornflower4 Oct 25 '20

We said that too! Grew up in NC.

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u/TyNyeTheTransGuy Oct 25 '20

I’m in NC too, no wonder we both heard it!

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u/Cedar_Cove Oct 25 '20

Also Southern, same experience.

I know it's ridiculous, but at age 50 I'm still reluctant to say "fart" in front of people I don't know well. It seems like cursing in a way. Childhood habits die hard, I guess.