Those of us who really disagree with the use of 'baby' as a term of endearment…

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SillySahli comentou sobre “Any artists who agree?” (3)   abril 2010

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• SaySay116

  Why would anyone use baby as a term of endearment? Babies are defenseless and smelly! It's an insult!!

  janeiro 2011

• illusionvalley

  [2] The baby feels merged with the mother, and its trust of others develops as the baby is held and nurtured with a sugary food, milk. Being loved, cared for, and fed are mentally associated in the mind and wired together in the brain in our first formative experience after birth. When adults talk baby talk, using words such as "sweetie pie" and "baby" to address each other, and give their conversation an oral flavor, they are, according to Freud, "regressing," moving from mature mental states of relating to earlier phases of life. In terms of plasticity, such regression, I believe, involves unmasking old neuronal pathways that then trigger all the associations of that earlier phase. Regression can be pleasant and harmless, as in adult foreplay, or it can be problematic, as when infantile aggressive pathways are unmasked and an adult has a temper tantrum. " So there you go, haha.

  novembro 2010

• illusionvalley

  [1] "Anyone have a theory on the origin of this phenomenon?" Funny that I came across this group and that question today because I recently read Norman Doidge MD's book 'The Brain That Changes Itself' which gives an insight into this whole topic in the chapter 'Acquiring Tastes and Loves'. From pages 99 and 100: "Traces of childhood sentiments in adult love and sexuality are detectable in everyday behaviors. When adults in our culture have tender foreplay, or express their most intimate adoration, they often call each other "baby" or "babe". They use terms of endearment that their mothers used with them as children, such as "honey" and "sweetie pie," terms that evoke the earliest months of life when the mother expressed her love by feeding, caressing, and talking sweetly to her baby - what Freud called the oral phase, the first critical period of sexuality, the essence of which is summed up in the words "nurturance" and "nourish" - tenderly caring for, loving, and feeding.

  novembro 2010

• TFPhoenixNL

  Lol when I first heard Justin Bieber I thought of this group :)

  agosto 2010

• smiddy012

  Bitch STFU!

  junho 2010

• smiddy012

  Baby! Baaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

  junho 2010

• lindadox

  BABY JUST YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH?

  junho 2010

• ewaaaaa7

  I hate this word!

  abril 2010

• madeit

  i love you baby, and if it's quite all right, i need you baby, no more lonely night, oh baby, baby trust in me when i say, oh pretty baby dadadadada can't remember the words, but baby, baby you all right, and maybe baby we get it on to night

  fevereiro 2010

• p7389

  Perfectly fine songs can be totally ruined by this word. Sometimes you can mishear the lyrics on purpose though... Like in Bowie's 'Breaking Glass' I intentionally hear "Lately, I've been..." rather than "Baby, I've been...". Makes it a lot better!

  dezembro 2008

• Mytez

  good initiative! Anyone have a theory on the origin of this phenomenon?

  novembro 2008

• JustAKayee

  This is one of the few things i hate about pop music.

  outubro 2008

• vigimael

  hello! :)

  abril 2008

• Penelope_7

  hi! it's nice to find people annoyed with the same thing... and i like that note about the Manics. ^_^

  março 2008

• TFPhoenixNL

  Nice grp

  janeiro 2008

• vigimael

  Yeah... ._.'

  outubro 2007

• HyugaDestiny

  8 members.....wow....we trully are impressive ^^ *deb leaves before getting attacked*

  outubro 2007

• vigimael

  Eight members already... I think that says it all.

  outubro 2007

• vigimael

  Sadly, Rach, I can't add to the title... but it's in the Description.

  outubro 2007

• walkingabortion

  For my own terms, I wish to add 'unless it's used by the Manics, because then it's Nicky saying it about Richey and it's adorable'. ^___^ xx

  outubro 2007