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"Boob" and "booby" are linguistically more challenging in some cultures,
like the UK, as they also mean 'idiot'. In fact, idiot is the most
common usage.
We also have the booby-prize - the idiot prize for those too stupid to
pass the test.
So the word is 'common' and not attractive on several fronts. Used as
either an insult, or as a description of female breasts; it's a word of
crudeness. Lower class, don't cha know. :-)
Morgan Gallagher
Karleen Gribble wrote:
> What I found really interesting from my study of long-term
> breastfeeding in Australia was the frequency with which "boobie" was
> used for breastfeeding in comparison to similar research in the
> US....it was by far the most common term used by breastfeeding
> toddlers and young children in Australia, not so in the US. I think
> that this is an indicator that we are a little more comfortable with
> breasts and breastfeeding here, though far, far, far from having
> problems, especially around perceptions of long-term
> breastfeeding.....and don't get me started about adoptive
> breastfeeding. Simply the mention of the title of my talk on adoptive
> breastfeeding in our national adoption conference program led to some
> serious lobbying of the conference organisers to withdraw my
> presentation. They had additional moderators in my room to make sure
> there was no trouble. I was a tad anxious about it all, but it was
> fine, there were no hecklers in the audience.
> Karleen Gribble
> Australia
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