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

[BellaBearisWideAwake]

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?

By on liberately - for deliberately or on purpose

Breakfusht
Mook - milk
klife - knife

all dd2's, bless her.

hippohotinus = hippo
nibbles = nipples
malt = milk
huggle = snuggle mixed with a hug
chillax = chill and relax

we still do all these and my DC are 7 and 10

Sometimes use 'vacuum scraper' for hoover, after a little nephew's comment many years ago, and depending on the state of the house...

And "CatSquirrelWoof" - for ferret.

We still use (though DD has sadly grown out of it herself) wikwak for 'wake up'

And awikwak for 'awake'

Effalent - elephant
Tephalone - telephone
Oofer - hoover
Daddom - button
Par Cark - Car Park

I'm mished - I'm finished

Open nursery - open sesame

I'm sure there are more.

Oh and 'caked up' for woke/waked up :o

i forgot how much i loved this thread

'hungy' = hungry

'margaret harbour' = market harborough

'hopsital' = hospital

'marker sauce' = tomato sauce

When they were all young, there were two tv cooking shows in the US that they used to watch occasionally, one with Julia Child and the other was a cooking/travel show with a host named Burt Wolf.

Julia Child was called 'Julia The Child' by DS (very appropriate in a charming way as she had boundless enthusiasm and a keen sense of fun I always thought), and Burt Wolf was called 'Burp Wolf'. DS also called a brand character known as the Pillsbury Doughboy 'The Baking Ghost' -- he was a plump little figure of a chef all in white who said 'woo hoo' in a sort of ghostlike way when poked...

And apricot syrup was papercup syrup. Still call all things apricot 'papercup'.

dd had quite a few 'pre-language words' that she kept even when she was starting to make little sentences.

oooh, awazawoo = dog

oooh, awazawazawoo = a dog I find exceptionally cute

awadawah = water

aahpooopaaah = anything to do with dd's ... bum

We still refer to these words now and probably always will.

My Grandfather calls pudding ping because my now retired Aunt used to call it that in her infancy.

For some reason, until relatively recently, DD would say mna mnee instead of 7

nit nin for vitamin
ee-hat for "I want you to pick me up and cuddle me"
ya ya poop for lollipop :o

For years DD said cumebumber and helicockter, which I missed when she finally grew out of them. DS can't say "exterminate" so instead he says "sixseveneight!" which I love Chocolate buttons are chocolate eyes, cereal is "breakfast" - no other early morning food fits this description, only cereal, specifically Weetabix