DA....Daddy....or Dumbass....?

I think many of us wives can agree that there are lots of times when we call (or want to call) our husbands “dumbass” for things they do or don’t do.  There were times I referred to mine as that by calling him “DA” in front of our kids when they were younger. This is much like when we adults spell things in front of kids to keep them from knowing what we are talking about.  I thought I was successfully speaking in code by doing this, until they started asking me what "DA" stood for.  I told them that I was beginning to spell “Daddy”, but then I got tired.  They bought it for that time being, and we all moved on.... until my next clever wordplay...