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By Anonymous - 23/06/2014 19:52 - United States

Today, I found out that the loving nickname my Chinese mother has been calling me my entire life essentially translates to "little retard". FML

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Same thing different taste

Thanks mom

By mistake - 11/05/2009 09:09 - United States

Today, I realized what my mom has been calling me for 20 years. She always calls me her "little fehler." With her being from Germany, I always thought it was a cute little nickname. Apparently, she's been calling me her "little mistake." FML

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By Anonymous - 06/04/2015 03:31 - United States - New Britain

Today, I found out that the nickname my friend has been calling me in Japanese for the past year is the word for "Idiot". FML

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By Anon - 18/08/2010 04:30 - United States

Today, I discovered that my name literally means "burden". This wouldn't be so bad if both my mother and father knew this when they named me. FML

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Decoding

By Anonymous - 19/09/2023 06:00 - Australia - Brisbane

Today, I figured out my girlfriend's mother has various nicknames for me. My girlfriend and her family are from Poland and speak on the phone in their native tongue, but they don’t know I’ve been learning the language either. I heard her call me “idiot”, “loser”, “moron” and various other “nicknames” multiple times. FML

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By Pita - 04/12/2010 20:35 - United States

Today, I learned that the cute pet name my boyfriend has been calling me for the past month is actually an acronym for "pain in the a**". FML

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By slut - 29/08/2011 16:22 - Canada

Today, I finally found out that the tattoo on my lower back means "slut" in Chinese, instead of "good fortune" as I always thought it did. FML

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Reunited

By naladetet - This FML is from back in 2014 but it's good stuff - United States - Newark

Today, I accidentally called my boss "Mom." Now she is jokingly telling everyone that I'm the long-lost daughter she gave up for adoption, because she knew I'd be a failure. FML

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Language barrier

By Jan - 02/08/2021 13:01

Today, my mother who learned English as an adult sent an email to my boss, thanking them for hiring me even though I'm "retarded." I’m a law school graduate who was diagnosed with a minor learning disability in kindergarten, but she still calls me "retarded" when speaking English. FML

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By Experience - 05/02/2013 20:19 - United States - Waynesfield

Today, my dad opened a Chinese fortune cookie that read, "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes." Now he won't stop calling me Experience. FML

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Named and shamed

By unwanted - 01/04/2020 05:00 - Canada

Today, I discovered that my cool, unique first name translates to "unwanted" in Hindi. Both my parents studied abroad in India for five years. FML

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thomcmoore 23

Tuesday 24 June 2014 0:21

Mother knows best?

DocBastard 38

Tuesday 24 June 2014 0:25

Better than "Big Retard", I suppose.

Comments

theonecasey 27

Tuesday 24 June 2014 3:50

Your mother is a "little bitch" in my language

soldier084 11

Tuesday 24 June 2014 3:57

and you never researched the name until now?

ironhead_fml 20

Tuesday 24 June 2014 4:29

Sorry, I love it!!!

Wyatttramantano 11

Tuesday 24 June 2014 4:30

Well there's different chineese languages so maybe it's something else

worldclassrager 39

Tuesday 24 June 2014 4:32

It might be mean but you could call her little bitch

cluelesscher 5

Tuesday 24 June 2014 4:41

有點滯後

bloodangel1973 8

Tuesday 24 June 2014 4:56

"Sor zhai?"

TerraShadow 18

Tuesday 24 June 2014 5:01

I understand how you feel. I'm Russian but I don't know it, and my moms pet name for me was idiot/moron in Russian.

sean88gordon 1

Tuesday 24 June 2014 5:06

Wtf that's cold

ilmanator 7

Tuesday 24 June 2014 5:12

wasnt there an fml exactly like this but it said little mistake instead of little retard

slyde32 12

Tuesday 24 June 2014 12:32

yeah, father spoke fluent german and her name translated to mistake, wasn't just her nickname

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