to think DP is not 'expanding the kids vocabulary', he is being a dick

[livvielunch]

DCS are aged 9, 4, 3 and baby. DP keeps purposely using alternative words for things when speaking to the DC. For example, he told them a friend we were going to visit had a bouncy castle in their garden. It was actually a trampoline and he was pissed off that the DC pulled him up on it and said it's the same thing He asked one of them to pass him bog paper and moaned at them when they didn't know what he was talking about. He asked the eldest if I had finished my 'brew' and again got annoyed when she didn't know what he meant. He told one to pass him the stroller instead of the pushchair for the doll and so on.

After about the fourth instance of him getting arsey with the DC over not understanding him today, I asked why he seems to be being purposely difficult. He said he's trying to expand their vocabulary by using alternative words for things...! Don't get me wrong, I do this but I change a word in context so they can understand the meaning. For example, if we're pretending to be magic I'll say I've transformed a dog into a cat rather than changed and they'll pick up and use the word in future. If they describe something as big, I'll agree that it's huge/massive/ginormous etc.

AIBU to think the DC are right yo be frustrated with his way and that he's being unfair by moaning at them for it?

[EastMidsMummy]

OK, we have established that some people use a brew to mean a cup of tea and some don't. Can we leave this part of the thread now??

[LassWiTheDelicateAir]

It is definitely a word I use IRL though, multiple times a day. I didn't think there were people who didn't use the word brew!

I don't. I agree with Bertrand. It's not an expression I hear in real life.

He sounds deeply unpleasant (and a bit thick)

[Katedotness1963]

Can he really be expanding their vocabulary teaching them slang? And picking a word out of thin air they've never heard before and expecting them to know what he means is just daft.

[whois]

No one needs teaching 'bog paper'.

[AntiHop]

He sounds like a bully.

[CreepingDogFart]

Bog roll?

[Topseyt]

He is talking bollocks.

Most if those are not words I would automatically use every day, though I know what they mean. I wouldn't expect to hear them from the kids.

Oh, and a bouncy castle is definitely NOT a trampoline. I would pull him up on that one too. They are totally different pieces of equipment.

You don't expand vocabulary by using the wrong word.

[DonkeyOaty]

Nor mine, dem. Cup of tea here, too.

I think the OPs partner is trying to make the children feel stupid/confused. It's not kind imo. My verdict? He's being a dick.

[dementedma]

my 13 year old wouldn't know what a brew was. cup of tea here.

[Jengnr]

He is being a dick and not a particularly clever one at that.

Can't believe your nine year old doesn't know what a brew is though :)

[BrianButterfield]

Sometimes I use words DC don't understand but if they look baffled I explain what it means (and then DS uses the new word at every opportunity!) In fact sometimes I deliverately use an unusual synonym for vocabulary-expanding purposes but always in context and with an explanation.

[Fatrascals]

at zigzag and iguana.

Tell your kids that plonker is a great, loving, respectful alternative to "dad"

[Hellochicken]

I agree op he is not trying to expand their vocabulary, he is being a dick. Hear "brew" all the time irl, but "bog roll" not "bog paper"?

[Greydog]

Just to be awkward, we often have a pannad! As well as a brew.

[AllMyBestFriendsAreMetalheads]

My kids both knew what a brew was and could ask for one before they were 18 months old DS is almost 2 and loves his 'brew' of warm milk.

It is definitely a word I use IRL though, multiple times a day. I didn't think there were people who didn't use the word brew!

But yes, there is no way that a trampoline is the same as a bouncy castle.

[ApplesAndPears1234]

Sounds quite a nasty way to go about expanding someone's vocabulary.

[IguanaTail]

Tell him he's got steak for dinner, then present him with a cheap little flabby hamburger and tell him it's the same thing.

[MyCatIsABiggerBastardThanYours]

He's being a twat/pillock/arse/knob/idiot/fuckwit

(I hope I have extended his vocabulary for him there).

[AnyFucker]

So, he's the kind of guy who uses a little kid's confusion to look like Mr BigAndClever ?

What a catch

[TiredButFineODFOJ]

So the kids got excited over a bouncy castle- but there was only a trampoline.
So did he just fuck up and spend the day substituting the usual words with obscure ones in a misguided attempt to save face as part of a bullshit vocab exercise?
Or is he always a onanist wanker

[CalleighDoodle]

Of course they do bertrand but ignoring that, bog roll is bloody awful and bouncy castle was wrong. He sounds like an absolute arse.

[BitterAndOnlySlightlyTwisted]

He's a pathetic twerp. Trying to make yourself feel superior to young children isn't that hard, and getting annoyed when you've deliberately set out to confuse them is unkind (putting it mildly). What is he, bloody twelve?

Tell him to eff off with his cruel antics.

[BertrandRussell]

Nobody in real life actually says "brew" do they?

[maddening]

Teaching them would not involve him getting arsey - eg the stroller - what do you mean dad? - I mean the pushchair, it is a word people in America use for pushchair, so by explaining the word he is trying to teach them (apparently) he accomplishes the apparent plan without being a knobend.

[sleeponeday]

Like hell is he trying to expand their vocabulary.