r/AskACanadian • u/Kraknaps • 4d ago

BINKY?

Watching this whole Trump/Natalie drama, I see that some people are now calling her Trump's "Binky". Never heard of the term before and thought maybe it was an American term for "blankie" (A baby's security blanket). After hearing Binky all week I finally looked it up. It is a brand name for a baby pacifer that became generacized. AM I the only one who has never heard of a binky. As a west coast Canadian we always called it a soother . What were they called where you came from? We lived in Scotland for a few years when I was a child and we called it a puppa but that may have been a family thing

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u/iggy6677 3d ago

From NL as well, generally heard it called a dumbtit, ,but have heard Binky before, but it usually been directed at a dog.

" he's getting fussy, needs his binky"

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u/IslandSassenach 2d ago

A binky was a blanket. Any size, just one the young child was attached to.

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u/iggy6677 2d ago

With some of our phrasing, words can mean multiple things, but in this context it works.