# Help me coin another new word: Someone who likes children but doesn't want to sound like a pervert **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 11, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-coin-another-new-word-someone-who-likes-children-but-doesnt-want-to-sound-like-a-pervert/571046 "2011-02-11T18:17:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-coin-another-new-word-someone-who-likes-children-but-doesnt-want-to-sound-like-a-pervert/571046/1 "2011-02-11T18:17:42Z")
Help me coin another new word: Someone who likes children but doesn’t want to sound like a pervert. Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-coin-another-new-word-someone-who-likes-children-but-doesnt-want-to-sound-like-a-pervert/571046/2 "2011-02-11T18:42:53Z")
Wouldn’t be easier just to call them “people” and try to coin a word for people who _don’t_ like children? ---
**Author:** ![3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/47e85d/32.png) [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-coin-another-new-word-someone-who-likes-children-but-doesnt-want-to-sound-like-a-pervert/571046/3 "2011-02-11T18:44:33Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > Help me coin another new word: Someone who likes children but doesn’t want to sound like a pervert. Any ideas? “Parent.” ---
**Author:** ![3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/47e85d/32.png) [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-coin-another-new-word-someone-who-likes-children-but-doesnt-want-to-sound-like-a-pervert/571046/4 "2011-02-11T18:45:54Z")
Not sure why this is in Cafe Society by the way… Are we trying to “Catch a Predator” or something? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-coin-another-new-word-someone-who-likes-children-but-doesnt-want-to-sound-like-a-pervert/571046/5 "2011-02-11T18:49:45Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > Help me coin another new word: Someone who likes children but doesn’t want to sound like a pervert. Any ideas? The trick is to make sure you’re not to specific. “I like children” -OK. “I like 8 year olds” -Not OK. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-coin-another-new-word-someone-who-likes-children-but-doesnt-want-to-sound-like-a-pervert/571046/6 "2011-02-11T18:54:26Z")
Moving from Cafe Society to IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-coin-another-new-word-someone-who-likes-children-but-doesnt-want-to-sound-like-a-pervert/571046/7 "2011-02-11T19:06:23Z")
kinderling ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-coin-another-new-word-someone-who-likes-children-but-doesnt-want-to-sound-like-a-pervert/571046/8 "2011-02-11T19:27:41Z")
“amicus pueri”? ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-coin-another-new-word-someone-who-likes-children-but-doesnt-want-to-sound-like-a-pervert/571046/9 "2011-02-11T19:28:51Z")
Funny Uncle. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-coin-another-new-word-someone-who-likes-children-but-doesnt-want-to-sound-like-a-pervert/571046/10 "2011-02-11T19:35:53Z")
Cannibal. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-coin-another-new-word-someone-who-likes-children-but-doesnt-want-to-sound-like-a-pervert/571046/11 "2011-02-11T21:38:22Z")
Kinderfreund. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-coin-another-new-word-someone-who-likes-children-but-doesnt-want-to-sound-like-a-pervert/571046/12 "2011-02-11T21:41:05Z")
Ladmirer. ---
**Author:** ![TravisFromOR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@TravisFromOR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TravisFromOR)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-coin-another-new-word-someone-who-likes-children-but-doesnt-want-to-sound-like-a-pervert/571046/13 "2011-02-11T21:54:33Z")
Depends on just how much you do like them. ---
**Author:** ![scamartistry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@scamartistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scamartistry)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-coin-another-new-word-someone-who-likes-children-but-doesnt-want-to-sound-like-a-pervert/571046/14 "2011-02-11T22:04:46Z")
Pedophile Of the Nonmolesting Kind. short PONK .this is the new word. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-coin-another-new-word-someone-who-likes-children-but-doesnt-want-to-sound-like-a-pervert/571046/15 "2011-02-11T22:23:45Z")
> [@scamartistry](#): > > Pedophile Of the Nonmolesting Kind. short PONK .this is the new word. Good, but that could also refer to a pedophile who is attracted to children but is in control of his impulses and doesn’t molest, or just hasn’t yet. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-coin-another-new-word-someone-who-likes-children-but-doesnt-want-to-sound-like-a-pervert/571046/16 "2011-02-11T22:35:03Z")
Kid-friendly. It already applies to places, just adapt it to people, as well. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-coin-another-new-word-someone-who-likes-children-but-doesnt-want-to-sound-like-a-pervert/571046/17 "2011-02-11T22:39:55Z")
This… > [@Joey\_P](#): > > The trick is to make sure you’re not to specific. > “I like children” -OK. > “I like 8 year olds” -Not OK. … sounds like a Demitri Martin routine, and this … > [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > “amicus pueri”? … is an early frontrunner for thread winner! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-coin-another-new-word-someone-who-likes-children-but-doesnt-want-to-sound-like-a-pervert/571046/18 "2011-02-11T22:43:56Z")
Grandparent? ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-coin-another-new-word-someone-who-likes-children-but-doesnt-want-to-sound-like-a-pervert/571046/19 "2011-02-11T22:44:18Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > Someone who likes children but doesn’t want to sound like a pervert. Someone who doesn’t want to sound like a pervert, but he is? Someone who doesn’t want to sound like a pervert, but may or may not be? Or someone who doesn’t want to sound like a pervert, and really isn’t one? ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2011, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-coin-another-new-word-someone-who-likes-children-but-doesnt-want-to-sound-like-a-pervert/571046/20 "2011-02-11T22:47:03Z")
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