A few months ago, I (F19) had taught my little brother (M10) some words including "rawr", "chickie nuggies", "owo", and "uwu" just for fun, since he was jokingly talking in a very high pitched voice. I thought nothing of it at the time, but now I'm starting to question if that was a bad idea.
This morning, I had just gotten to work when my mom got a phone call from the elementary school about my little brother. Seeing as I was running late, I had to rush inside to clock in so I couldn't stick around to see what was going on. Not even ten minutes later, I get a phone call from my mom FURIOUSLY screaming into the phone, "WHAT ON EARTH DOES EWOO MEAN???" Confused as to what my mom was asking me, I ask her to spell it, she goes "I don't even know, e-w-o-o?"
Still confused I asked her what was going on. Apparently my little brother was going around the playground, saying "UWU" in a high pitched voice to all of the kids there. The kids then went and told the teacher that he was saying "tiktok code words" for wanting to hurt people. The teachers after searching up ewoo meaning and not finding anything, assume that this very well much be some very bad "tiktok code word," and they call my mom.
That leads us back to my mom calling me, furiously asking what "EWOO" means. I finally figure out that she meant "UWU," so I have to explain to her that no, this is not some "tiktok code word" for wanting to hurt people, and yes, it's literally just a cutesy face, like how one would use colon parenthesis to make a smiley face.
The teachers, still not believing what's going on, insisted on pulling him out of class and made him sit next to a police officer for the rest of the school day. With that being said, I now have to go up to the school on Monday and explain what "UWU" means to a group of angry teachers and school officials.
TL;DR - I taught my little brother the word "UWU" for fun, and he is now in serious trouble at school for saying bad "tiktok code words" to the kids on the playground. I now have to go up to the school and explain to angry school officials what "UWU" means.