Boudica
I'm here for Educational Purposes
I call my daughter pumpkin. I'm in trouble when she get's wind of this one.I really don't get it either. You have to point it out to most people which means most kids will never see the connection.
Another word that is now derogatory is "Pumpkin". My son got in trouble at school 2 weeks ago for yelling Pumpkin down the hallway. There's a video of a guy asking challenged people what their favorite vegetable is and in the video a guy yelled Pumpkin...so of course my son had to mimic him and do it too. Not AT anyone...just down the hallway to get a laugh. It's calling bullying now. He really didn't understand who he was bullying, which was really nobody but everyone...IDK. It's getting ridiculous these days.