What sayings do you have that make perfect sense to your family but none whatsoever to anyone else?

[NoSoapAndGory]

I'd love to hear them 😍

In our house, a 'posh coffee' made with the machine is known as a 'Fancy Dan'. Anything made with the kettle is 'a normal'.

Eg:

"Anyone want a coffee?". Yes please. "Fancy Dan or a normal?"

Fancy Dan was my nan's phrase for anything a bit special. Our kids use the term now and probably don't have a clue why!

Anyone got similar tales?

When Dd was a toddler she called the tv remote the telemote which has stuck. It’s all we’ve said in our house for about 4 years now.
Another one from toddler DD who couldn’t say lemon. Hot water with lemon and lemon & lime flavoured water are both now known as lelem pop; “Anyone fancy a lelem pop? Hot or cold?”

Heard a posh woman holding forth on some stylistic matter on Woman's Hour 30+ years ago and she denounced something as Tacky, tacky, tacky! My husband and I both use that one often.

DH was in an amateur production of Juno And The Paycock many years ago. One of the lines, said by a friend in a funny Irish accent,was "Tay, Tay, Tay. ..it's all ye ever t'ink about!" when another character was making a cup of tea. Now, years later, if someone suggests a cuppa, one of us will trot that line out.

The remote control in our house is the 'mote mote mote control' (something to do with toddler daughter singing it to the tune of Jingle Bells if I remember rightly.)
Also 'crisps' are 'crisums' - daughter again. No idea why 😆

Marmighty

When we're having a difficult day or a trying situation like transport delays or dealing with someone being ill one of us will always ask 'are we having fun yet?'

We had someone similar for a bad outing: "I brought you here to enjoy yourself and Enjoy Yourself You're Going To!

The television remote was the "Sterminator".

From the Daleks on Doctor Who pointing with their sink-plunger-like attachments at people and saying "Exterminate...Eck-sterminate..."

'That's Miss Bull's problem' when it's an issue for someone else to sort out. We sold our first flat to a Miss Bull, so anything that needed to be sorted out after our completion date (next quarter's management fees etc) was Miss Bull's problem.

'Hamster trance' when someone is staring blankly into space.

'Daddy's special pidgeon' for wood pidgeon. Quite a long story for that one!

The remote is the bermote in our house after DS's pronunciation when he was little. He also had:

Dark Vader with his live saver
Lompster (lobster)
Statube
Scrumpled eggs