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Ya know, given recent events, certain people have made me aware that I often say shalom, call my baby daughter "bubby" and use other words like "schlep" and "schvitzing," as though Yiddish was evil. They are, of course, assholes.
Natural, I'll continue to use those words because I was raised on Mel Brooks movies, especially Men in Tights, which is a goddamn classic.
Doesn't bubby mean grandmother?
So apparently it can be both Grandma and baby, and I have no idea why. I did double check, though.
"Bubbe" only meant grandmother originally. The "baby" meaning almost certainly comes from it being a false cognate with the English word.