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[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.

[honeychile]

Pledge Mom or Pledge Mother was very much in use on my campus until our whole venacular changed - but I've never heard of the term "Pledge Daughter".