Appendix:Glossary of child pejoratives

The following is a glossary of child pejoratives, or terms that are used in a disparaging manner in reference to children.

English

• ankle biter/ankle-biter/anklebiter
• brat
• carpet rat
• crib lizard
• crotch dumpling
• crotch fruit/crotchfruit
• crumb factory (used originally by food service workers)
• crumb snatcher/crumb-snatcher/crumbsnatcher
• curtain climber/curtain-climber/curtainclimber
• mommies' mistake
• rug ape
• rug rat/rug-rat/rugrat
• sperm blossom
• sprog
• urchin

Historical

• kid, originally referring to young goats

See also

• thesaurus:child Derogatory section