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Kids say the darnedest things. Especially when they are still very young and don't have a rich vocabulary but need to get their point across. They aren't afraid to experiment with language and come up with fresh, original sayings and that's awesome.
At first, you may laugh when you hear them call dessert a "bonus round" and sheets "bed skins", but when you stop to really think about it, their versions actually make a lot of sense, too.
So since there is no limit to children's imagination and their parents continue to upload their linguistic gems on the Internet, Bored Panda decided to make a follow-up to our older list '28 Times Kids Hilariously Renamed Things And Made Them Sound Way Better'. Enjoy!
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Parents should definitely encourage their kids' attempts at communicating their ideas without knowing the exact words to express them. According to some, the best way to do so is to spend time talking about things that interest the child. It’s all about following the child's lead as they show what they're interested in by waving, pointing, babbling or using words.
When the child starts using words, parents can repeat and build on what they say. For example, if the child says, 'Apple,' moms and dads can say, 'You want a red apple?' When they tune in and respond to their child, it encourages the little ones to communicate.
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A great way parents can increase the number of words their child hears -- and learns -- is by simply talking about their daily life. Like, what they're seeing or doing together. The key is to use lots of different words in lots of different contexts. For example, one conversation can revolve around a lush orange tree and the next could be about cutting up an orange for lunch. This helps kids to learn the meaning and function of words.
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Mme de Poppadom 5 years ago
That makes sense if she's heard of a "kindergarten". Maybe to her tiny mind, a collection of folks is a garden, sorted by life stage.
And from the time the child starts telling stories, parents should encourage them to talk about things in the past and in the future. For instance, at the end of the day, you could talk about plans for the next day by making a shopping list together or deciding what to take on a visit to grandma. Or when you come home from an outing together, you could talk about how it went.
The best part of this journey to raising a mindful human being is hearing those tidbits of wisdom -- like in these tweets -- that they undoubtedly drop along the way.
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Ilya Ditkovskiy 5 years ago
Let's just hope he doesn't bring too many hoe hoe hoe's into the house
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Melissa Sawicki 5 years ago
That is simply hysterical. I can just see a child yelling at the phone to call Grams. Amazingly Funny
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Mme de Poppadom 5 years ago
The way their little minds work is really fascinating, especially since there's a logic to their observations... yes, the kernels do emerge from the individual cob pieces.
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the Kat who says ni 5 years ago
In Flemish/Dutch gloves are called 'handschoenen'... hand shoes... :)
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Ilya Ditkovskiy 5 years ago
Oh god why would you heat up pizza in a microwave? I use my oven for everything. Yes the microwave is faster, but the oven makes food actually taste good
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Ilya Ditkovskiy 5 years ago
In my homeland the trees are naked pretty much the majority of the year
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Louloubelle 5 years ago
My son when he was about the same age, called his shorts "short sleeve pants" and pants were "long sleeved pants".
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Melissa Sawicki 5 years ago
Sounds like you do this quite often then. Not judging, we all speed but I know when I had my Niece or Nephew in my car I drove the speed limit or even slower.
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Mme de Poppadom 5 years ago
I've heard of Spoonerisms, but what would this be when the switch is within the word itself?
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Anxious Pansexual Nightmare 5 years ago
"sorry I'm late, I got stuck in (a?) parked car party"
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Denise Taylor 5 years ago
Every small child I know says that and I think the rest of us should embrace it, too.
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Louloubelle 5 years ago
My adult children call our printer Rosemary's Baby. It goes off any time it wants, and yes the Wifi is secured.
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GirlFriday 5 years ago
Sky booms and sparkles according my niece. We watched sky booms and sparkles on the fourth of July.
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Valerie G. 5 years ago
side note: we use anti-fungal cream at the cat shelter - on us and the cats. I once yelled at a lady who put down her cat because he had ringworm, I told her "I fully expect to see your husband's name in the obits should he ever develop athletes foot, same thing you stupid woman".
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SaraFromHell 5 years ago
My daughter called making out, passing out! Stop passing out mom and dad!
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Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
My brother used to call Trifle, Lergic. The trifle had sprinkles on it and he thought they were spots like he used to get from his allergies and because he couldn’t say allergic he called it lergic. My daughter called the black end bit of a banana a bibble, we all call it a bibble now.
Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
Oh I forgot my favourite, my daughter used to call sanitary pads, bum bandaids.
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Lynne Walker 5 years ago
One of my sons' friends said they knew what happened when you die...you turn into a stone with your name on it. I was speechless. Impeccable logic.
Jo Choto 5 years ago
Children are so logical. Mine, having discovered armpits, decided there must also be elbow pits, knee pits and neck pits. We still use those terms and she's a grown adult now.
Miss Milinky 5 years ago (edited)
I used to call binoculars "piniocculars' until nine or ten - I figured that they "made your eyes go long like Pinocchio's nose". Made so much sense to me that I refused to acknowledge the truth and had a full blown argument with my teacher.
Nevits Yibble 5 years ago
What's so fascinating about this is their developing brains learning a language. They pull words from their vocabulary and put them together in a way that makes sense to them.
Cecilia Cheung 5 years ago
A few weeks ago, my 5yo niece fell asleep in the car sitting on her left hand. When she woke up, she asked, "hey mom? Why is my hand carbonated?"
kitty_player 03 5 years ago
when I was little I would say ''my legs are spicy'' instead of my legs are asleep
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Leslie Loughran Drezek 5 years ago
My daughter wanted another piece of gum because the pieces she was chewing lost all its flavor. She called it a "helper piece"
SandraG_lak 5 years ago
When my sister was 3-4 and ill with what she called "chickie pops". I have only referred to chicken pox as this ever since.
GirlFriday 5 years ago
We had the chicken pops in my house, too. My SIL recently took my niece to get her chicken pops shot.
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Monica Michelle 5 years ago
Porno White for my favorite fairytale character (poor Snow White) only child was plenty of entertainment for my parents
Jennifer Crompton 5 years ago
My daughter called eyebrows eyebrellas and it's more accurate and more fun in my opinion
SaraFromHell 5 years ago
Jangas here. Still call em that. For Christmas my 14 and 21 year old always ask for Christmas onesie Jangas. Love my babies!!!
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Mindy Keys 5 years ago
My little niece always called gifts 'prizes" short for surprises. She is 26, in med school, and we still have prizes every birthday, christmas, and anniversary.
Carolina Marshall 5 years ago
Parsnips = colourless giant carrots and Brussels sprouts = mini cabbages!
MantisKeeper 5 years ago
My brother called dogs "boofs" when he was a baby My sister called dandelions "candylions" when she was a baby And when I was a baby, I called helicopters "cokadidas".
Louloubelle 5 years ago
My son referred to the back of his knees as the "knee pit". I can't say he was wrong.
Mama Panda 5 years ago
My son used to call bald eagles as Bog Eagles, vanilla was Banilla, volcano was Ballcano. Obviously he had a hard time with is B words but it was so dang cute.
SaraFromHell 5 years ago
My son added an "L" into every word. He had issues with ls and ts. He'd say..oh..look at her..(his baby sister) Shes so clute! Lmao!
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Flower Boy 5 years ago
When i was little i called spiders 'fighters'. by cousin thought it was hilarious and constantly remind me! "Hey Tony, watch out for the fighters!" and "Do u need me to kill the fighters Tony?"
SaraFromHell 5 years ago
My daughter's big juicy lips..she called em..her "jukes"..lol..Gimmie them jukes! Shes 14..I still love her jukes!
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Lisa Kim 5 years ago
In the 1950's a T.V. commercial had a repetitive song that said "Have a Big Hunk". (It was a candy bar). My 18 month old brother ran around the house singing "Happy Big C**k". This was 1953.
Tina Carson 5 years ago
When my grandson was 2 yrs old, he called a woopie cushion a tootin' tortilla!
Toni Carroll 5 years ago
My kids would never put on shoes until we called them shoe-shoes. Because there are two of them, right?
Barbara Vandewalle 5 years ago
When daughter was a toddler they were katties. We did not have kittens.
cassiushumanmother 5 years ago
My big brother is named Pierre (Peter) which means stone in french. I was 3-4yo and we were riding home from a prehistorical museum and my mother was interrogating my brother about what he learned. She asked "what comes after stone age?" then my brother replied and i shout, almost crying "NO, after stone/Pierre age it's Anne's age!!!!!!" Who was this "Bronze" guy trying to steal my birthday anyway?
Deborah Buffington 5 years ago
My three year old refers to the soap opera, " The Young and the Restless", as The Young and the rest of us.
Lindsey Hopkins 5 years ago
My son calls the area behind the knee a "leg pit" and well.... he's kinda right. It's forever now a leg pit.
Christa Ward 5 years ago
My kid calls the Jacuzzi the kajuzzi. Not only can I no longer pronounce it correctly, but we just renamed it, because his way is better.
Kady Maree Mcgrath 5 years ago
If I have kids this is what I'm going to call things ( if I remember)
Roadkill The Brave 5 years ago
Burhma cows shall always be known in my family as Camel Cows. One of my cousins coined the name ages ago.
Jennifer M 4 years ago
When my daughter was often I’ll with ear infections plus the regular bumps and bruises. I told her about “worker blood cells” (white blood cells) that fix cuts and fight against infections. It was only when she was in college that she admitted she thought those cells all wore hard-hats and carried pick axes because, you know, they were workers. 🤣😂🤣 She also called placemats spacemats which is so accurate because they mark your space!
okpkpkp 5 years ago (edited)
Army helicopter base (Finthen Army Airfield). When a Huey helicopter would fly overhead, my son Taylor would run to the window and point to the sky and say "Batu-Batu". He was about two so I didn't correct him but figured out that that was the sound out the helicopter blades swinging round and round. Say it fast and you'll hear the sound. It was a very distinct sound.
Alexandra Heinlein 5 years ago
My niece showed me a broom and called it a witch car... I notice now that 4yo are very intelligent creatures.
SaraFromHell 5 years ago
My daughter is Kennedy Basil. As a baby is say..hey! What's your name!? Shes give me a dirty look and growl back with her little hand on her heart...I Kemmimie Bagel!! Lol! My poor son named for his father thought his name was baby till 6. In not Gadin, (Gavin is his name) I baby! He Gadin!
SaraFromHell 5 years ago
My daughter called making out, passing out! Stop passing out mom and dad!
Load More Replies... Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
My brother used to call Trifle, Lergic. The trifle had sprinkles on it and he thought they were spots like he used to get from his allergies and because he couldn’t say allergic he called it lergic. My daughter called the black end bit of a banana a bibble, we all call it a bibble now.
Foxxy (The Original) 5 years ago
Oh I forgot my favourite, my daughter used to call sanitary pads, bum bandaids.
Load More Replies... Lynne Walker 5 years ago
One of my sons' friends said they knew what happened when you die...you turn into a stone with your name on it. I was speechless. Impeccable logic.
Jo Choto 5 years ago
Children are so logical. Mine, having discovered armpits, decided there must also be elbow pits, knee pits and neck pits. We still use those terms and she's a grown adult now.
Miss Milinky 5 years ago (edited)
I used to call binoculars "piniocculars' until nine or ten - I figured that they "made your eyes go long like Pinocchio's nose". Made so much sense to me that I refused to acknowledge the truth and had a full blown argument with my teacher.
Nevits Yibble 5 years ago
What's so fascinating about this is their developing brains learning a language. They pull words from their vocabulary and put them together in a way that makes sense to them.
Cecilia Cheung 5 years ago
A few weeks ago, my 5yo niece fell asleep in the car sitting on her left hand. When she woke up, she asked, "hey mom? Why is my hand carbonated?"
kitty_player 03 5 years ago
when I was little I would say ''my legs are spicy'' instead of my legs are asleep
Load More Replies... Leslie Loughran Drezek 5 years ago
My daughter wanted another piece of gum because the pieces she was chewing lost all its flavor. She called it a "helper piece"
SandraG_lak 5 years ago
When my sister was 3-4 and ill with what she called "chickie pops". I have only referred to chicken pox as this ever since.
GirlFriday 5 years ago
We had the chicken pops in my house, too. My SIL recently took my niece to get her chicken pops shot.
Load More Replies... Monica Michelle 5 years ago
Porno White for my favorite fairytale character (poor Snow White) only child was plenty of entertainment for my parents
Jennifer Crompton 5 years ago
My daughter called eyebrows eyebrellas and it's more accurate and more fun in my opinion
SaraFromHell 5 years ago
Jangas here. Still call em that. For Christmas my 14 and 21 year old always ask for Christmas onesie Jangas. Love my babies!!!
Load More Replies... Mindy Keys 5 years ago
My little niece always called gifts 'prizes" short for surprises. She is 26, in med school, and we still have prizes every birthday, christmas, and anniversary.
Carolina Marshall 5 years ago
Parsnips = colourless giant carrots and Brussels sprouts = mini cabbages!
MantisKeeper 5 years ago
My brother called dogs "boofs" when he was a baby My sister called dandelions "candylions" when she was a baby And when I was a baby, I called helicopters "cokadidas".
Louloubelle 5 years ago
My son referred to the back of his knees as the "knee pit". I can't say he was wrong.
Mama Panda 5 years ago
My son used to call bald eagles as Bog Eagles, vanilla was Banilla, volcano was Ballcano. Obviously he had a hard time with is B words but it was so dang cute.
SaraFromHell 5 years ago
My son added an "L" into every word. He had issues with ls and ts. He'd say..oh..look at her..(his baby sister) Shes so clute! Lmao!
Load More Replies... Flower Boy 5 years ago
When i was little i called spiders 'fighters'. by cousin thought it was hilarious and constantly remind me! "Hey Tony, watch out for the fighters!" and "Do u need me to kill the fighters Tony?"
SaraFromHell 5 years ago
My daughter's big juicy lips..she called em..her "jukes"..lol..Gimmie them jukes! Shes 14..I still love her jukes!
Load More Replies... Lisa Kim 5 years ago
In the 1950's a T.V. commercial had a repetitive song that said "Have a Big Hunk". (It was a candy bar). My 18 month old brother ran around the house singing "Happy Big C**k". This was 1953.
Tina Carson 5 years ago
When my grandson was 2 yrs old, he called a woopie cushion a tootin' tortilla!
Toni Carroll 5 years ago
My kids would never put on shoes until we called them shoe-shoes. Because there are two of them, right?
Barbara Vandewalle 5 years ago
When daughter was a toddler they were katties. We did not have kittens.
cassiushumanmother 5 years ago
My big brother is named Pierre (Peter) which means stone in french. I was 3-4yo and we were riding home from a prehistorical museum and my mother was interrogating my brother about what he learned. She asked "what comes after stone age?" then my brother replied and i shout, almost crying "NO, after stone/Pierre age it's Anne's age!!!!!!" Who was this "Bronze" guy trying to steal my birthday anyway?
Deborah Buffington 5 years ago
My three year old refers to the soap opera, " The Young and the Restless", as The Young and the rest of us.
Lindsey Hopkins 5 years ago
My son calls the area behind the knee a "leg pit" and well.... he's kinda right. It's forever now a leg pit.
Christa Ward 5 years ago
My kid calls the Jacuzzi the kajuzzi. Not only can I no longer pronounce it correctly, but we just renamed it, because his way is better.
Kady Maree Mcgrath 5 years ago
If I have kids this is what I'm going to call things ( if I remember)
Roadkill The Brave 5 years ago
Burhma cows shall always be known in my family as Camel Cows. One of my cousins coined the name ages ago.
Jennifer M 4 years ago
When my daughter was often I’ll with ear infections plus the regular bumps and bruises. I told her about “worker blood cells” (white blood cells) that fix cuts and fight against infections. It was only when she was in college that she admitted she thought those cells all wore hard-hats and carried pick axes because, you know, they were workers. 🤣😂🤣 She also called placemats spacemats which is so accurate because they mark your space!
okpkpkp 5 years ago (edited)
Army helicopter base (Finthen Army Airfield). When a Huey helicopter would fly overhead, my son Taylor would run to the window and point to the sky and say "Batu-Batu". He was about two so I didn't correct him but figured out that that was the sound out the helicopter blades swinging round and round. Say it fast and you'll hear the sound. It was a very distinct sound.
Alexandra Heinlein 5 years ago
My niece showed me a broom and called it a witch car... I notice now that 4yo are very intelligent creatures.
SaraFromHell 5 years ago
My daughter is Kennedy Basil. As a baby is say..hey! What's your name!? Shes give me a dirty look and growl back with her little hand on her heart...I Kemmimie Bagel!! Lol! My poor son named for his father thought his name was baby till 6. In not Gadin, (Gavin is his name) I baby! He Gadin!
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