I don’t know how many of you are from the Chicagoland area, but those of you who are have most likely listened to 103.5 KISS FM on the radio. The morning show is something else. Sometimes they are entertaining and every once in a while, they’re insightful. But the majority of the time, they irritate me. Well, as I was running out the door to get my hair cut, half-listening to the radio, I heard one of the disc jockeys say something that stopped me cold.

“So and so is on a cruise right now meeting hot daddies. I hope she brings back a hot daddy for me!” (I apologize for the lack of information, as I was only half-listening and didn’t catch who the DJ was or whom she was referring to.)

Excuse me? Doesn’t that just make you shudder? Is it just me or should women never call members of the opposite sex “daddy”?

No matter how much you purr “daddy” in your sexy kitten voice, it is not an OK thing to call someone, unless that person is in fact, your actual father. In which case, you probably shouldn’t be using your “sexy kitten voice” anyway.

Is anyone else disturbed by the incestuous overtones in the nickname? Unlike “baby,” “daddy” is not a term of endearment, it is what you call your father. The same goes for “mommy.” These two names undoubtedly used in childhood should never be introduced in a romantic relationship, and God forbid, the bedroom.

The sexualized use of the word “daddy” by this woman on KISS FM reminded me that I once knew a girl who called her boyfriends “daddy” in the bedroom. Her ex-boyfriend actually confessed it to me, but I thought he was joking at the time.

“Colleen, she calls me daddy!” he said.

“Haha, no I don’t, Colleen. No one does that,” she said.

Then one of my roommates was unfortunate enough to hear her moan it, when she walked by her bedroom.

Obviously, she thought it was a little weird to call him “daddy,” and that no one actually called their own boyfriends “daddy.” So why did she do it? I don’t understand where this girl learned that saying it was sexy or how she decided it was something men wanted to hear, that it wasn’t at all creepy. Is it something she learned while watching bad teen dramas? Or maybe she just has a fetish for pornography with cheesy plot lines.

I guess I’m just confused over who out there started this horrid trend. I am also confused why the trend is continuing and why the woman on KISS FM wants to perpetuate it.

So, I must call for a ban on the term. I realize I don’t have any power, but ladies, if you have any sort of relationship with your father, you don’t think of him the same way you think of your boyfriend. Guys: You should not want your girlfriend thinking of you that way.

Please stop saying “daddy,” unless you are addressing the man who raised you.

Colleen is a junior in Communications who also thinks any sort of baby talk is wrong.