Is Man-Child a denigrating term?

[LinkH]

What's a yob?

have you ever seen that old cartoon of a father waiting for his child to be born in the hospital waiting room? He doses off and dreams his son is a martian. When he wakes up, his son is human, but instead of saying 'boy' on the baby's hospital bracelet, it says 'yob.'

 

[MessianicMommy]

YOB:
Yobbo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A.Word.A.Day --yob
Urban Dictionary: yob

Definitely not a term those who do not read UK, Australian/NZ newspapers see regularly.

 

[Angeldove97]

I think my husband would be extremely upset with me if I told him he was acting like a "man child" --- such a phrase does not encourage a person what so ever. I do notice that when I think he's behaving in such a way, that, to me, I'm behaving like a nagging wife and need to stop.

As for the quote from Revelations of "man child", I always took that to me a male child-- a child being the sex of a man and not a woman.

 

[MessianicMommy]

Yes, that is what it means a male as opposed to female, child.

 

[HappyArmyWife]

I am wondering if the term man-child is a denigrating term and offensive to some?

yes, and i'm shocked that anyone would need to ask that question.

 

[WalksWithChrist]

I'm a bit of a man child myself I think. I play video games and still act like a kid quite a bit. As for most terms, context is important. If man child is used to belittle someone, then it is wrong. But I would advise caution in its use all around. It's not a term I even use myself.

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