My parents called my little brother "Baby." He was 11 mos. younger than I was so I couldn't say his name or say "Baby" so I called him "BooBoo." That stuck & everyone in the family & it spread to the neighborhood that his name was "BooBoo."
When we moved to a new town & he was about 1st grade he rather forcefully pulled me aside & said my name is now Dxxxx--no longer BooBoo! It took a long time to break the habit.
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