~The Old Padre's Dictionary of Words I Use Whether You Like Them or Not Not arguing your right to use it, Father, but I have to say I don't like this word, primarily because of this woman I read about years ago. She was raising her child in an experimental way, which amounted pretty much to giving him anything he wanted; and when he wanted "nummies", she pulled her car over to the side of the road right then and there, and let him nurse...at age three and a half! I ask you!