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My grandmother's little sister couldn't say screwdriver, and said "koohiber." She also made up what we think was a new word, never before used in this context on the face of the earth. When she wanted the door cracked a bit for ventillation, she would say "louse the door." No one knows why. This was all 100 years ago, and we still use these words today and we all know what we're talking about. We still say ice box and pocketbook occasionally.
The television is the telly.
Anything I'm drinking is a tasty beverage.
Rabbit waste is bunny beans or lawn raisins (the dog loves them! ).
Woodpeckers are peckers of wood.
Milk is moo juice.
Coffee is go juice.
The vacuum is the sweeper.
A broom is the other car.
My teeth are my third hand.
We have what is, basically, our own language. It started when I was a kid so it's in its second generation. A combination of military terms, Polish, Spanish, German, lines from movies, sports terms. Objects get human names. Total strangers get nick names. Cars get names. Houses get names. I've had friends listen to me talk with my kids and say, "I have no idea what you are talking about."
A few:
Make a stop: Go to the bathroom
Spagooch: Spaghetti
Shtroodle: Any kind of cake
Heck of a secure feeling: Somebody is doing something stupid
Boom: Got ya. You are dead
Taters: Pototes
Maters: Tomatoes
I get preached to on Sundays: Quit nagging
Katie Scarlett: Strong, beautiful woman
The land: Home
Guacamole: Happy Mexican girl
It's a competition: Don't be stupid
Git picker: Guitar
Nuke it: Cook it in the microwave
Barn Burner: Good looking, smart guy
Bill Mauldin: Little kid with a big head and ears that stick out
Neil Armstrong: Somebody that's a slacker (Good luck figuring out that one)
Do Good Work: Do your best
Put a little back into it: Work harder you lazy fool
Light the candle: Rocket lift-off
Erase the mark: Getting even with somebody
Jackie Stewart: Guy that passes you on the freeway when you're doing 80
Molly Brown: Anything that sinks
Alan Shepard: Pee in your pants
Park it: Hit a home run
Reggie Jackson: Checkbook
One family vacation we went to the National Road/Zane Grey Museum (every bit as exciting as it sounds) in Ohio. It's a couple miles down the road from a small town where Neil Armstrong lived as a child. So I mentioned that to a woman working there. I was thinking, "Wow. The first man on the moon from the middle of nowhere."
She said, "Well, he hasn't done anything for us. He hasn't fixed the pot-holes." This woman was totally put out and grumpy about his lack of community spirit.
I was unaware that first man on the moon = fix-it guy for bad roads. A couple of the kids heard this exchange and thought it was uproarious. So our Neil Armstrong expression was born. Such is language.
BTW: This museum also has a large Ohio pottery exhibit. The thrills never end.
to my daughter, all private parts are "business"
all snacks are "dede's"
we always play the "punchbuggy game" (see a VW Beetle, hit someone) and she used to get confused with the Chrystler PT Cruiser i guess thinking it was a bug.... so those became "peacocks"... not sure why.
I was thinking about this tonight as I was making dinner for my two teens and reached for a "smashula". For 16 years now, a spatula has been called a smashula ever since my then 2 year old son mixed up the words. We decided that smashula was more descriptive and accurate than a spatula anyway!
Another family vocabulary word is "chickmunk" rather than the traditional chipmunk.
What words are unique to your family vocabulary?
My girls say panny cakes instead of panckakes
When my boys were small I had to make them boy cheese sandwhiches of grill cheese sandwhiches...
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