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Or is this the best word ever?!

245 replies

LadyGAgain · 21/02/2019 22:38

Sweetie-Fluff.
My DD pointing at the candy floss.

What's your best "wrong name" story?

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Myusernameismud · 22/02/2019 00:21

Oh also, not DS but friends DD used to call Pocahontas 'poking-in-your-honkas' Grin

dropthemic · 22/02/2019 00:28

My DB used to call bread "soft toast". He had loads of funny ways of describing things

Senga67 · 22/02/2019 00:49

My daughter aged 4 at the time. Can I have scruffy eggs? (Scrambled eggs). Still call them scruffy eggs years later. Too cute.

QuestionableMouse · 22/02/2019 00:49

We have baubles for marbles and snack holes for pockets.

Mustbeoriginal38 · 22/02/2019 00:57

Eldest used to call a bra a boob holder. He also likes scrambled toast (French toast). Youngest is potty training and we've introduced boxers for wearing as an alternative to his pants - he calls them baxsters.

Myusernameismud · 22/02/2019 01:00

Just thought of another. DS came home from nursery and said his teacher kept saying Banjo! to everyone as they walked in. Turns out they were teaching them a few French words.. Bonjour obvs Grin

Justagirlwholovesaboy · 22/02/2019 01:02

“There’s a nasty giraffe in the room”. Means a draft :)

thesockgap · 22/02/2019 01:12

We still use quite a few "wrong" descriptions used by our eldest, now 19, as a toddler.
Green toast = garlic bread
Bubble juice = fizzy water
Otie hoots = opal fruits (starburst)
Meat and bone = KFC
Buster creams = custard creams
Meat lollipops = kebabs (on sticks)

PhilODox · 22/02/2019 01:22

Pike-u-porn was the cutest from DS

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 22/02/2019 01:36

Not one of ours, but I heard or read somewhere of a little girl who, having watched rather a lot of YouTube videos, thought that "Don't forget to subscribe" meant "Goodbye" - and would say it when bidding people farewell, just like the people in the videos did!

These are fantastic!

Mokepon · 22/02/2019 01:40

Quack-quack-Mowgli (Guacamole)
Scabetti
Totamoes

WTFIsAGleepglorp · 22/02/2019 01:47

DS used to call the washing machine the 'round'n'round', upstairs was 'up bears' and the microwave was the 'beep'

Welsh name for microwave is meicrodon.

Welsh nickname for microwave is popty ping.

HeartsTrumpDiamonds · 22/02/2019 02:06

Broleelee for broccoli and swooshie for sushi, both DD1. We still say both over 10 years later!

Dhalandchips · 22/02/2019 02:24

Luke-dark for twilight was mine (not very long ago!). My ds called helicopters 'weecock-ock'.

notinterestedinyouropinion · 22/02/2019 03:03

DD3 calls high heels "up shoes"

ShannonRockallMalin · 22/02/2019 03:20

When I had shingles, DS who was about 5 at the time announced ‘mummy’s got pringles’.

He also misheard someone in a film saying ‘newlyweds’ as ‘nillywits’ which has since become a well-used insult in our house.

chilledteacher · 22/02/2019 03:27

DS1 called escalators going up "upilators" and DS2 thought the noise an emergency vehicle siren made was "oh no, oh no, oh no"

chilledteacher · 22/02/2019 03:31

Ooh and DS1 confounded is for ages asking for the "Barbie in a Rats Body" song. He heard it on the radio one day and got very excited-"Bohemian Rhapsody" Confused

Oceanbliss · 22/02/2019 03:38

DD 4: Today night instead of tonight Smile

Maxbenji · 22/02/2019 03:46

Carsandle (sandcastle)
Pumprits (footprints)
Skeletope (telescope)
Bomatoes (tomatoes)
Airtoplane (aeroplane)
Also DH was about to swear while driving and started you utter... DD heard otter and it's stuck, bad drivers are otters.

Steeve · 22/02/2019 03:47

DS called ambulances whambos. No clue!

DD called shoes paw-paws.

I'm so stealing swish swaffers. DD & DP are going to think I'm crazy (although they think that anyway 😂).

Steeve · 22/02/2019 03:49

I also called a knife and fork "fucking knife" Blush

Chocolou · 22/02/2019 03:59

My ds when he sneezed when he was younger if snot came out he called it bless you'd.

LeukaeLucky · 22/02/2019 04:21

My dd used to call herself and other children beautismall ❤️

9thCircleInHell · 22/02/2019 04:35

After losing his gran my four year old didn't know the word for coffin so called it 'a heaven box'

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