Drama Llama Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 I served deviled eggs this weekend. Somehow this led to the big kids showing the 2 year old a cartoon devil and the 2 year has been talking about the “scary eggs” ever since. He is not scared of them. He thinks it’s hilarious. I suspect this name will stick, and 30 years from now we will be serving scary eggs at his wedding. What silly or cute things did your kids say that “stuck”? Or is it just us that does this? 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Not "yellow pocket angel eggs?" 😁 We call a weekly pill box a Smitwitfus because DS tried to read the letters on the first one he had and asked us "What's a smitwitfus?" 2 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopmom Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 “Flying cheese” because you can throw American cheese slices across the room like a frisbee. 2 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 16 minutes ago, KungFuPanda said: Not "yellow pocket angel eggs?" 😁 We call a weekly pill box a Smitwitfus because DS tried to read the letters on the first one he had and asked us "What's a smitwitfus?" My kids called deviled eggs “angel eggs” as we couldn’t have any devil things. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 My daughter was just a small toddler when she tried valiantly to say "tomorrow"--it came out "amario." And that's what we say to this day. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilma Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Our teacups are called "pip-pips". 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 25 minutes ago, Hilltopmom said: “Flying cheese” because you can throw American cheese slices across the room like a frisbee. We call it plasti-cheese because it's wrapped in plastic and tastes like plastic. Dh will throw down in defense of his craft slices and insists they are necessary for burgers. Our home was split 50-50 over this cheese. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 14 minutes ago, Ottakee said: My kids called deviled eggs “angel eggs” as we couldn’t have any devil things. OK, but if you call devils food cake angle food cake instead it's going to get very confusing. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knitgrl Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Yogurt is yobi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 We call the Iwo Jima memorial "Big Shoes" because that what dd called it when she was two. She's almost 27, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drama Llama Posted November 29, 2023 Author Share Posted November 29, 2023 10 minutes ago, Harriet Vane said: My daughter was just a small toddler when she tried valiantly to say "tomorrow"--it came out "amario." And that's what we say to this day. We call any day in the recent past "lasterday" in honor of my goddaughter. 1 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brittany1116 Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 We are in FL and my younger decided years ago that pants are "long sleeve shorts". 3 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraw4321 Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Farts are called “poop noise” although I think maybe my DH coined that one. For a long time all meat was called chicken - whatever. Chicken-fish. Chicken-steak. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terabith Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 7 minutes ago, lauraw4321 said: Farts are called “poop noise” although I think maybe my DH coined that one. For a long time all meat was called chicken - whatever. Chicken-fish. Chicken-steak. My kids called them "bottom burps" but it hasn't really stuck. We did call ice cream "sa" for a long time, because that's what my oldest called it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweet2ndchance Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 We have "mac-ee-oh-nee" and cheese around here. My kids who called it that for years are no longer kids. Youngest ds liked to play "Happy Farmy Valley" on the computer. The real name of the game is Stardew Valley but Happy Farmy Valley sounds so much more fun, lol. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brittany1116 Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 From my much younger, adopted siblings... Mascara is eye-scara. Hand sanitizer is hanitizer. 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saraha Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Shment shmicker for cement mixer. Dd21 used to say everything that happened in the past happened last Tuesday. 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachermom2834 Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 My boys were sports obsessed and they used to say a ball went “out of bounce” instead of out of bounds. I just thought it was the cutest thing and I still say it. Not that I have a lot of balls I am calling out of bounce these days… 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 I have a ventilatd bread drawer. My kids nicknamed it the "pet storage drawer" because when it was first installed, they'd put their gerbil in it . .hey, it was ventilated . . . . 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Macky-cheesie. One of my kids' timing logic: "not including today, tomorrow is ___." (This means that ___ is 2 days from today.) Probably other things, but I can't think of them right now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleowl Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 We say "rounder-bup" because that's what my youngest called roundabouts when he was littler. Anything that goes in your hair (clip, barrette, ponytail holder, whatever) is a "pretty," thanks to both of my girls. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 1 hour ago, Hilltopmom said: “Flying cheese” because you can throw American cheese slices across the room like a frisbee. My kids call it plastic cheese. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 We sing 'Feliz Navidad' as 'a miece Bob e got' because that is how my oldest sang it when he was real little 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saraha Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 I thought of another one, sprinkle cheese! I actually, without thinking, asked a waiter at a pizza place for sprinkle cheese once, instead of Parmesan. My whole family looked up at me like I was nuts, then burst out laughing. 4 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraw4321 Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 5 minutes ago, saraha said: I thought of another one, sprinkle cheese! I actually, without thinking, asked a waiter at a pizza place for sprinkle cheese once, instead of Parmesan. My whole family looked up at me like I was nuts, then burst out laughing. We call it snow cheese! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarita Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Yoga pants are yogurt pants. DD seriously thought yoga pants were called yogurt pants, to the point that whenever she was eating yogurt she needed to wear her yogurt pants. Balloons are bilooloolooloons depending on how excited DS was there would be more or less 'loo's. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 28 minutes ago, lauraw4321 said: We call it snow cheese! My nephew (45) misunderstood it as a child and thought it was Farmer John cheese. So that’s what we call it, in house only. 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoeless Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 45 minutes ago, saraha said: I thought of another one, sprinkle cheese! I actually, without thinking, asked a waiter at a pizza place for sprinkle cheese once, instead of Parmesan. My whole family looked up at me like I was nuts, then burst out laughing. We call it shakey cheese! 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athena1277 Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 We call sudoku “suck a doo” because that’s what my oldest called it when she was little. It’s too the point that I have to really think about it to say it correctly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHP Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 4 hours ago, Hilltopmom said: “Flying cheese” because you can throw American cheese slices across the room like a frisbee. I will have to buy American cheese and ambush one of the kids when they come home one day. Yes, I will. Just ask any of my kids. Or my husband. Or anyone who knows me Irl. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweet2ndchance Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 5 hours ago, saraha said: I thought of another one, sprinkle cheese! I actually, without thinking, asked a waiter at a pizza place for sprinkle cheese once, instead of Parmesan. My whole family looked up at me like I was nuts, then burst out laughing. We use "sprinkle cheese" too except it means any kind of shredded cheese. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YaelAldrich Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Raisin Brown for raisin bran (the flakes are brown so it works!). Knockles for knuckles (well, you do knock with them!). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 7 hours ago, Clarita said: Yoga pants are yogurt pants. DD seriously thought yoga pants were called yogurt pants, to the point that whenever she was eating yogurt she needed to wear her yogurt pants. My kid once asked me “are you doing your yogurt?” when I was doing yoga. So now I will say “I need to do my yogurt.” 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 8 hours ago, saraha said: I thought of another one, sprinkle cheese! I actually, without thinking, asked a waiter at a pizza place for sprinkle cheese once, instead of Parmesan. My whole family looked up at me like I was nuts, then burst out laughing. We call it snow. When the boys were little, I would sprinkle it on and say, "It's snowing!" and it stuck. We still call parmesan cheese snow, even if it doesn't come out of a sprinkle jar (we typically buy the real stuff now and grate it ourselves.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 A calls Chick Fil A "chick uh flay" and now we call it that too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleowl Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 In our house it's parmes. My son thought it was "I would like parmes on cheese on my spaghetti." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alysee Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Lasagna is spaghetti cake, coined by my 2nd oldest at age 4 because she couldn't remember the word for lasagna. 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 We sometimes still call the vacuum the nu-nu. My now-25yo was a very big Telletubbies fan. If anyone loses their keys, we ask if they checked the nu-nu, because 25yo had a thing for hiding keys on the vacuum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Normie Bread. Youngest ds was almost 4 when he stepped foot in the states for the first time and everything freaked him out, especially American sandwich bread. He thought it was awful - the texture, the smell, the taste....no part of it appealed to him. We tried to explain that this was what people eat here and it was normal bread for lunchtime, as opposed to a roll or square of ciabatta. He wasn't having it, but the name Normie Bread stuck as a grocery item list. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth86 Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 (edited) So many things. They have become so normal I can’t think. I’ll come back when I can think of some. For almost all the kids we still call them the names the toddler siblings first used for them. Edited November 29, 2023 by Elizabeth86 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirstenhill Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 9 hours ago, Shoeless said: We call it shakey cheese! That's what we call it too!!! ♥️ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brittany1116 Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 2 hours ago, DawnM said: A calls Chick Fil A "chick uh flay" and now we call it that too. We call it Chicky Lay Lay because of my niece. LoL 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kassia Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 These are all so cute! I can't think of any good ones from my kids, but one of my favorite memories is when dd thought the brown eggs at the store were chocolate. 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cave canem Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 (edited) nm Edited November 30, 2023 by cave canem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Bizangna for lasagna Corners for corn Wow-wow for pacifier, though at the moment we don't have much reason to use the word pacifier! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 to foovle: to mess around and not get ready in a timely manner Most common usage: Stop foovling and get ready or we're going to be late! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisdomandtreasures Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Jalopy Joes (sloppy joes) Elbow noodles are rainbows And the doozy... My oldest called strawberries "ballow-yotes" when he was a toddler. Why? Who knows? 12 years later they are still ballow-yotes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saraha Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 4 hours ago, EKS said: Bizangna for lasagna Corners for corn Wow-wow for pacifier, though at the moment we don't have much reason to use the word pacifier! That reminds me! Dd20 called her pacifier her “ohm”. The first time she asked for her ohm we couldn’t figure out what she wanted and she started to cry, so dh went to put her pacifier in her mouth he made the sound “ohm” while sticking it in and the lightbulb went off. She called it her ohm till she outgrew it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xahm Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 We often call "deviled eggs" "doubled eggs" here because that's what my oldest heard and we couldn't make her believe "deviled" makes more sense than "doubled." You start with twelve eggs and end up with twenty-four doubled eggs. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 My kids call marachino cherries ice cream apples curtesy of my second when she was about three 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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