Have you adopted words created by your DC when they were learning to talk?

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I now say 'scaf-building' instead of scaffolding, courtesy of DS1, because it just made sense.

Do you have any words like these?

And does it get you some weird looks?

Well not quite the same but when DS was born we started calling him little man (I know, I know, but it just stuck) and DD who was 2.2 pronounced it wee-wool nam so that became his nickname :)

Oh bless

Bobbix instead of weetabix.

glub (glove)
strawblees
ess-ee (vest)
tummy 'bunton'
danny (hand)

I'm sure there's loads more...but can't think of them

Muslins are called Dies in our house since DD1 named hers that at 2.

The boot is still called the 'berry back' 39 years after I named it that when I was about 1.5.

Blankets are now called Fraps (for short - full terminology is Frap Frap)

Yoghurts are called Goots

Any meat such as lamb chops, ribs, drumsticks, wings etc are collectively known as bones - as in 'can I have bones for supper pleas?'

The bones one definitely gets me some weird looks

I still call Towels Tallows as this was the name I gave them when I was a tot.

I will come back to this after I have had a think about DS's words.

We have a few, some are from DD and some from my little sister.

Brefext - Breakfast
Poneroni -pepperoni
Lolloli- Ravioli
Dot dahs - hot dogs
Nemnem - m&m
Abwah - kiss
Momo - Elmo

HaveASpaghetti for Abergavenny (we live near there)

We have an-gee for angry, and oopsadently for accidentally.

lol @ MMOC

Instead of 'almost' I say 'nearly-most', thanks to dd1.

Enbelope instead of envelope

instead of 'I am' dd2 (7) still says 'I me am'

And hiccups are iggy pops thanks to ds.

Neverywhere for nowhere

I love oppsadently and may use it in future! We have 'lo 'lo 'lo instead on hello and brekfups for breakfast

DS1 refused to say DS2's name when he was born and would only call him baby which he pronounced 'giggy'. We all call DS2 Giggy now.

yogabix for weetabix
pipifs for crisps
beebeem for ice cream
jumpoline for trampoline

we call the microwave the michael wave as dd thought that was what it was called

ballyrolly = ravioli - been calling it that since sister said it 30+ years ago

a cup of tea is a cupnatee

yoghurt = yayak
Will think further

We play Hungry Birds instead of Angry Birds, yucky things are hodable and yogurts are oogits.

Jumpoline makes so much sense!

Love haveaspaghetti

Nearly-most also such a sensible substitution

When you hurt yourself, you have a sorely (poorly+ sore) (DD)

When you get ready for bed, you put on a ging ging (dressing gown) (me :grin - cannot even think of it as anything else.

Muslins are linoleums - not thanks to dcs but thats what DH called them...the name stuck.

If you love someone very much, you are the two-ist. (ds1)

Trains are BL-uuuuuum-mins. (we lived near a level crossing - had to cross every day en route to nursery. When we got stuck at the crossing, I once said "Oh those bloomin trains." Ds1 picked up on it and the legend of "bl-Uuu-mins" was born.

DS1 was obsessed with Thomas the Tank Engine and one of his first words was Thomas except he said it 'Gigis' for ages - he is now nearly 5 and we still call Thomas Gigis - I think it is kind of cute

My Grandma and Grandad still ask each other if they need 'lap-laps' (apples) in the supermarket. My Mum is 54!

We call the chickens 'boks' and bananas 'naanies'

ds says "hostipol" instead of "hospital" and i have used it many a time, including in front of the young hottie medical student at the doctors on our last visit

his dummy was his noo-noo.

love all of these!!

DS thought you said 'garden me' when you burped and that has stuck!