What terminology has stuck with your family from the little kid days?

Anonymous
Gar-bahj for garage
Anonymous
Head medicine - Advil
Nose Medicine - Sudafed
Bonk - whenever someone bumps into something/falls/somehow gets hurt
I can’t see my eyes - when the lights are turned off but someone is still in the room
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Farmer John cheese = parmesan cheese


For some reason, my son thought maraschino cherries were called parmesan cherries. We still call them that.
Anonymous
Hand sanitizer = sanzi-tyer or soap

Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Hand sanitizer = sanzi-tyer or soap


My 3yo says handitizer for hand sanitizer which I honestly think is a better name!
Anonymous
My youngest called giraffes raffs. We all use that and my youngest is now 16.

Broccoli is also broc-e-trees in our house.
Anonymous
Cramra = camera
Hairport = airport
Helpicopter = helicopter
Flamily = family
Anonymous
Stwah-beh-you for strawberry
Anonymous
DD said glubs for gloves for the longest time.

It was just subtle enough that no one really noticed except us. Great sadness when she self corrected in 2nd grade.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Stwah-beh-you for strawberry


Strawberries are "straw-boys" at our house
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Anonymous wrote:DD said glubs for gloves for the longest time.

It was just subtle enough that no one really noticed except us. Great sadness when she self corrected in 2nd grade.


cute. My daughter called mittens "easy gloves" and we still say that. She also called a baseball glove a baseball mitten.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:DD said glubs for gloves for the longest time.

It was just subtle enough that no one really noticed except us. Great sadness when she self corrected in 2nd grade.


One of my kids used to call them hand socks. 😂 It is so sad once they self correct.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Stwah-beh-you for strawberry


Strawberries are "straw-boys" at our house


We have boo-boos for blueberries.
Anonymous
We still call my dad "Pampaw"
Anonymous
tattle-teller instead of tattletale
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