feedback for "Jabberwocky: Family Words"
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My family calls lemon wedges in drinks 'alligators'. When I was little, I thought they were alligators in a little lake.
posted by : coolteamblt on 5/2/2008 at 2:58 PM Flag For Abuse
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I found it hysterical when my oldest daughter started using the phrase "My panties are crackin'." whenever her little undies would ride up on her. I immediately called my mother to share it with her and she got the biggest kick out of it also but not for the same reason. She told me I would say the exact same thing when I was little! Great minds think alike.
posted by : PattyB on 5/2/2008 at 4:44 PM Flag For Abuse
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"Murmels" - my then 2 year-old coined this phrase when he was introduced to M&Ms/Smarties at the same time that he was into a story by Robert Munsch called "Murmel, murmel, murmel". I have no idea how he made the connection, I'm guessing through the m-sound, but every time he was given the little treat (by Grandma, of course) he would say, with great glee "Murmels!!!" and it stuck. Noone else has a clue what we are talking about when he asks for them, but Murmels is the Super Treat in our family. He is now 4 and I'm guessing our 16-month old will be verbalizing it pretty soon, too.
posted by : Lisaloo on 5/3/2008 at 8:37 PM Flag For Abuse
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Before our first daughter was born, we realized we weren't too thrilled with any of the biologically accurate OR euphemistic words for her private parts. We knew we needed an alternative, so we had a few drinks and came up with the term "snooch", which our family uses for either gender's genitalia. It has a kind of comical, friendly feel to it. Highly recommended.
posted by : DadAl on 5/4/2008 at 4:03 PM Flag For Abuse
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At summer camp, wetting your bed was called "marshmallow"
My son's have come up with our family's phrases of "I've got the troll" (I've got this under control) and "baby soup" (bathing suit)
posted by : stinkyface on 5/5/2008 at 3:02 PM Flag For Abuse
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My family always used the word "gorpy" for something that was overly gaudy and not so pretty. My sister coined the term "Okeboke" (pronounced OAK-a-bOKE) which was to stick your tummy out. My daughter Lily has decided that any item used to wipe your face (napkin, burp cloth, etc.) is called a "dab-dab" because we always used to dab at her mouth and say, "Dab, dab, dab".
posted by : Isay on 5/5/2008 at 3:24 PM Flag For Abuse
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My father and I had lots of special words that we shared. My favorite was a word/game that we would play when one of us was angry with the other. It was called "Shishaboo." While it's exact meaning is still unknown, loosely it could be defined as "I am sorry, will you forgive me and play?"
The dialog would go something like this:
Dad: Shishaboo?
Me: No!
Dad: Shishaboo?
Me: No!
This could be repeated for a very long time with each "Shishaboo?" getting more pitiful with each request and each "No!" getting less angry. Eventually the "No!" would be replaced with laughter and the phrase: "Oh I love you my shishaboo!" and both parties would hug and laugh.
Needless to say, my mom thinks we are both a little crazy.
posted by : sweetbaboo on 5/6/2008 at 10:17 AM Flag For Abuse
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"Hand me a butt cover." - In our family, we've always used butt covers instead of diapers.
"Ahpy Tot" - When my daughter was about 1 or 2, she would say that... it took us forever to figure out what she was talking about. We finally realized it was her words for ice cream cone. She's 4 now and can say the words correctly, but we still like to use the phrase instead.
posted by : sarahdoo10 on 5/6/2008 at 3:15 PM Flag For Abuse
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we've started using real words to stand in for other words.
For example:
legume = leg
armistice = arm
Scott Bakula = you got it! back
posted by : sbr on 5/8/2008 at 12:50 PM Flag For Abuse
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My sister and I coined the term "palooka" to mean big and heavy and now my son is using it.
We also use the word "poosky" to mean spooky or a little scary.
posted by : misty on 5/9/2008 at 11:00 AM Flag For Abuse
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My sister coined "piggy-buggy and jago" for peanut butter and jelly, as well as "huggle", a combination of hug and snuggle. We commonly refer to the kids privates as their "tootie" as in "wash your tootie good". We also coined the term "poose" referring to a baby or child (I'm proud to see that one shows up in the Urban Dictionary!)
posted by : poosemommy on 5/15/2008 at 1:13 AM Flag For Abuse
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My wife sometimes speaks to our daughter in the words that she's made up for various things, which is not so awful until she strings three or four of them together into one sentence.
Mom = More
Guhk = Milk
Ungy = Hungry
Arnie (I think) = Banana
Ungy Bun? mom guhk or mom arnie?
When babies get woken up from naps by pooping, that's being poopjacked. And getting poopjacked doesn't happen the the child, it happens to the parent.
Also, when your baby falls asleep in the car for a second and then wont nap, that's getting Carjacked or Napjacked. So I've said to my wife, "I thought that I got napjacked on the way back from the store, but I was able to do a Car-2-Kibby-Transfer only to get poopjacked 5 minutes in. It was a total gastastic poopsplosion; I could hear it through the monitor."
Gastastic Poopsplosion is generally self explanatory.
posted by : Chuckie Sparkles on 7/5/2008 at 2:35 PM Flag For Abuse
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My husband had never heard "pass-ie" or "binky" for pacifier. There is something about both of those nicknames that just grates on me. We call it a pacifier...BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT IS! (ala Eddie Izzard). If we really feel the need to shorten it we call it a "fire", as in "Put in the fier", instead of "put out the fire".
posted by : VNess on 11/5/2008 at 10:27 PM Flag For Abuse
