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Some parents will agree that kids seem to grow up really fast, so everything they do, say, and accomplish becomes some of the most precious moments for adults. After the first steps and words, it becomes interesting to see how the kid is growing up and showing their evolving personality. Especially when kids are only learning about the world and expressing themselves verbally. This is why a lot of parents love to share the little language gems their children think of and use in life. 

Bored Panda already presented some of the most hilarious words kids tend to call various everyday items. You can find these lists here, here and here. “Bless you box,” “Vampire State Building,” and “Rainbrella” are only a few funny examples revealing the language creativity of small kids. Following this, some more parents joined in and added some more whimsical words that their kids use, making everyone think that maybe these new versions are better than the original.

Which one of these are your favorite? Don’t forget to leave your thoughts in the comments down below!

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Even though it might seem that language is only one of many developing aspects through a kid’s childhood, it is one of the most important ones as it defines how later this kid will be able to express themselves, communicate and socialize, and learn. So it becomes crucial for parents to encourage their kids to express themselves as well as deepen this communication to the point where they will be able to use language properly.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My oldest kid used to call it Friday Jr when he was little. The things kids say! Lol!

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Before kids start to go to kindergarten and school, parents are the ones who are taking the role of the teacher. What can parents do to help their kids to develop their communication skills? First, it is crucial to talk to the kid while allowing them to respond back. Gradually adding new words and explaining their meanings will help to broaden a kid’s vocabulary. Reading is also known as one of the most helpful tactics in language development as it allows them to understand the difference between written and spoken language.

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It is known that there are certain language development stages that help parents to understand whether a kid is reaching certain progress in their language learning. According to their age, a kid is expected to reach a certain milestone, and if they struggle to do so, a speech pathologist comes to help.

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Bored Panda contacted Dr Diane Paul, who is a Director of Clinical Issues in SLP at The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), and asked her to share some more insights on kids’ language development. The specialist agreed that parents play a pretty important role in this situation.

According to Dr Paul, “parents’ communication with their children is vital to children’s development of oral/spoken language and signed language (for Deaf children). It is true that children acquire oral and signed language naturally, with no instruction (unlike reading and writing, which have to be taught). But children must hear or see and interact with others who use the same language to develop their natural ability. Another way of saying this is that ‘children who hear or see no language, learn no language.’”

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Weeknd is disappointed he didn't think of this cool name

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The specialist also revealed what hides behind this silly word-making. “Alternative names can be attributed to many things, including young children’s (1) ability to pronounce certain sounds and sound combinations; they often substitute easier sounds for later developing sounds, e.g., ‘lun’ for ‘run’ or they omit certain sounds from words, e.g., ‘mik’ for ‘milk’; and (2) playfulness with language. As they play, they often produce novel words, e.g., ‘baby’ may become ‘bady,’ ‘bado,’ or ‘boby’ or they may string words together such as ‘baby bady bado boby.’”

The tendency to mispronounce words or create “replacements” for actual words decreases as kids start growing up. According to Dr Paul, what happens is that their creativity doesn’t disappear but rather becomes more “mature” including more elaborate “jokes and puns”.

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We asked the specialist to share some of her favorite word “alternatives” that were created by little ones. “One of my favorites comes from a 2-year-old boy who referred to his older brother, ‘Nathan’ as ‘Nafano’ because he said that ‘Nafano’ sounded better. I also enjoyed hearing a child playing with a Sesame Street play set refer to both Bert and Ernie as ‘Bernie’”, revealed Dr Paul.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This would be normal in my house. My gf calls toes fingers or foot fingers when she can't remember the word. Aparently they use the same word in Polish and as her English is way better than my Polish, I'm not complaining. Plus it's kind of cute. She's just a bit more than 7 though!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My family have never let me forget that when I was five or six I couldn't say "binoculars", they were "big knockers". Its been 35 years...

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I call the hair on my arms and legs fur. It is fur. What else would it be?

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Which disgusting vegetable? Surely you don’t mean broccoli!!! I practically live on that. Now if u were speaking of cauliflower, ok, nevermind.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I overheard my niece tell her mom that if you stay with auntie (me) and behave she'll take you to the toenail store to get your feet done.

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