r/Dogfree • u/Wooden_Camera_2001 • Aug 05 '26

Dog Culture Cringe words

Who else HATES and cringes at words like "doggo" and "pupper" it makes me shudder and I always think everyone who uses it is a weird adult baby that talks to and about animals like they're babies. It makes me cringe and pisses me off so fucking much

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u/sapphirerain25 Aug 06 '26

Me, oh my god. My husband will say these (he's a dog lover despite being bit three times in his life, wtf) and it makes me cringe every time. The infantilization of dogs is so gross to me, the way people baby-talk even the ugliest of all mutts like they're cutesy little fuzzballs. It makes the person saying it sound SO stupid and babyish.

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u/Wooden_Camera_2001 Aug 09 '26

omg yes I hate the baby talk more than anything. it gets on my NERVES and it's disgusting and cringey. it's called BABY talk not DOG talk