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All while growing up, and even now when they're trying to be funny, my family calls me Abu. Yep, like the name of Middle Eastern descent. Here's the story behind it: When I was potty training, my parents would sit me on the pot and step outside to let me do my business. For some reason, even then, I wouldn't go if someone was watching. So, they would always tell me to yell for one of them when I was done and they would come get me off. Well, I couldn't talk very well, so my "I'm through" came out as "Ahhhh Booooo". Everyone in the house would hear me screaming Ahhhh Boooo at the top of my lungs, but because they thought it was funny, they'd let me go on and on for a while. I have two older sisters and they just thought it was hilarious. This went on every night in my household. So, Ahhh Booo became one word and, to this day, you will hear them calling me Abu (as they spell it when writing it).
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