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

Anonymous
DD said sugaring for shivering. We still say it.
Anonymous
"too fast, mama!" when a car speeds near us.
and we often pretend our cats are saying "I don't YIKE this" when we give them medicine or trim their nails.

The ones I miss are hepatopter and hopspital for helicopter and hospital.
Anonymous
Spaghetti is now busghetti.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Hand sanitizer = sanzi-tyer or soap



My DD call this "hanitizer" and it stuck.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Cramra = camera
Hairport = airport
Helpicopter = helicopter
Flamily = family


Ooh, "Hairport" is that where bald men congregate?
Anonymous
Not all the time but sometimes we call strawberries straw-we-wes, pasta is power ups (like a carb burst in video game language), and even thought our child is a teen we have started calling deer tall dogs in front of our pets.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Chetchup = ketchup


ours is Kepis
Anonymous
Yew Nork=New York. I have to remember to say it correctly at work.
Anonymous
tencil=utencil. She apparently thought the "u" in utencil was a "you" as in your tencil.
Anonymous
Dofosa= Dora the Explorer.
Anonymous
Grave Garden instead of Graveyard.
Anonymous
Turkey Tongue - Turkey Lunchmeat - She once made it look like a long tongue coming out of her mouth and i told her wow that looks like a turkey tongue! And it stuck forever

Duck Juice - There was a brand of OJ that had donald duck on it.

Blue Elmo - Grover on Sesame Street
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Hand sanitizer = sanzi-tyer or soap


My 3yo says handitizer for hand sanitizer which I honestly think is a better name!


lol my 3 year old calls it that, too!
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I always say "going potty" instead of just using the bathroom 😩

This.

Plus:

Car-o-practor (for our car/mechanic!...as a play on chiropractors...who fix your back)
Shoo-pping (for "shoe" shopping, which none of us like, ugh!)
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:My 3yo calls shopping carts "copping sharts" and I don't think we will ever say shopping carts again


You will when your 13 year old is embarrassed. Good grief.
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