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[AOIIalum]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

Twitter status from a current member:

"lauren while watching sororities give out bids: aopi are baby pandas, aphi are baby angels. What r our pledges? Baby alcoholics? "

Baby alcoholics? Oh boy, what a way to utilize social media for positive PR, huh?

Add me to the bunch who hates the "baby" whatevers. They AREN'T BABIES for crying out loud. This has been going on for what, a decade or so now? Enough already!

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by AOIIalum

Baby alcoholics? Oh boy, what a way to utilize social media for positive PR, huh?

Add me to the bunch who hates the "baby" whatevers. They AREN'T BABIES for crying out loud. This has been going on for what, a decade or so now? Enough already!

Me too. It drives me crazy (not to mention the fact that our HQ discourages it). They are adults. Heck, a NM could potentially be older than some of the women who are calling her a "baby violet."

I'm not the "meanie alumna who corrects our terminology" by any means, but that is the one term that I will correct if a VP is using it on one of our calls, and I will be the "meanie alumna who ruins our fun plans" if your bid day shirt ideas involve shirts saying "baby violet." No, I don't care if every other chapter on your campus uses some variation of "baby _____."

[AZ-AlphaXi]

I'm with you'all I HATE the "baby whatevers" .. they're not babies!!

[Alumiyum]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Me too. It drives me crazy (not to mention the fact that our HQ discourages it). They are adults. Heck, a NM could potentially be older than some of the women who are calling her a "baby violet."

I'm not the "meanie alumna who corrects our terminology" by any means, but that is the one term that I will correct if a VP is using it on one of our calls, and I will be the "meanie alumna who ruins our fun plans" if your bid day shirt ideas involve shirts saying "baby violet." No, I don't care if every other chapter on your campus uses some variation of "baby _____."

We've always done it and it's never bothered me. I didn't mind being a Baby Squirrel at 18...thought it was kinda cute.

[BraveMaroon]

I spent four years in college fighting the use of "girls" rather than "women" - I lost that battle.

The "baby dove" thing makes me a little squeamish, just because... have you ever seen a recently hatched bird? Not super cute.

[ColdInCanada11]

Originally Posted by Alumiyum

We've always done it and it's never bothered me. I didn't mind being a Baby Squirrel at 18...thought it was kinda cute.

Ditto. Plus as having a sister-mother implies that you're a child. In my chapter it only lasts up to initiation anyways and no one obsessively brings it up.

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by ColdInCanada11

Ditto. Plus as having a sister-mother implies that you're a child. In my chapter it only lasts up to initiation anyways and no one obsessively brings it up.

I've noticed a lot of AGD chapters say "sister-mom" and "sister-daughter" instead of big and little. Is that unique to AGD?

[DoctorD]

Originally Posted by violetpretty

I've noticed a lot of AGD chapters say "sister-mom" and "sister-daughter" instead of big and little. Is that unique to AGD?

While a number of chapters do use the terms Big/Little Sister, all of our new member education materials specifically say "Sister-mother" and "Sister-daughter," so those terms are the official ones used, and they do trace back to our founders. I actually looked through archive materials at IHQ and found the term "sister-mother" in things from 1904.

It's been an ongoing battle for years to get people to use the right terms, but I think the powers that be have finally decided to quit sweating the small stuff. Volunteers are expected to use correct terminology, but we aren't to get in a hissy if it's not used.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by violetpretty

I've noticed a lot of AGD chapters say "sister-mom" and "sister-daughter" instead of big and little. Is that unique to AGD?

I know I saw "pledge mom" and "pledge daughter" in our magazines way back in the day at I think one of our chapters. I'm not sure though if that was actual bigs and littles or if it was the temporary sponsor you got on bid day.

[ColdInCanada11]

Yep, instead of big sisters/key sisters/diamond sisters/whatever variation, you have a sister-mother and a sister-daughter. I have never heard of pledge-mom/sister used in an Alpha Gam context.