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.
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.
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.
Let's just hope he doesn't bring too many hoe hoe hoe's into the house
That is simply hysterical. I can just see a child yelling at the phone to call Grams. Amazingly Funny
I'm so old that I lived in a little town with an operator. Little kids could pick up the phone and ask Sarah to call grandma and she would connect them.
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TBH, I’d love it if we could all rename our Siri/Alexa/Cortana assistants.They’re not the kind of names I think of when you say “personal assistant”. I chose the male voice for my Siri, so why can’t I call him Mickey or some other name of my own choosing?
so... if you don't mind getting into it a bit, there's always Mycroft, it's open source, so you can set whatever activation word you want. It's not nearly as polished as other PA's, but you can set it up to be...uh... private. (https://mycroft.ai)
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Ha ha. If she picked up my phone, she would be yelling "Googally! Call grandma."
Great Google-ee Moogle-ee! That's what I'd say!
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My grandkids have no tv. They do have google. The 1 1/2 year old now tells my television"Google, play Baby Shark!"
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.
In Flemish/Dutch gloves are called 'handschoenen'... hand shoes... :)
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
In my homeland the trees are naked pretty much the majority of the year
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My daughter called making out, passing out! Stop passing out mom and dad!
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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.
Oh I forgot my favourite, my daughter used to call sanitary pads, bum bandaids.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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?"
when I was little I would say ''my legs are spicy'' instead of my legs are asleep
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My daughter wanted another piece of gum because the pieces she was chewing lost all its flavor. She called it a "helper piece"
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.
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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Porno White for my favorite fairytale character (poor Snow White) only child was plenty of entertainment for my parents
My daughter called eyebrows eyebrellas and it's more accurate and more fun in my opinion
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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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.
We also own a jumpaline (trampoline) and occulars (binoculars)
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Parsnips = colourless giant carrots and Brussels sprouts = mini cabbages!
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".
My son referred to the back of his knees as the "knee pit". I can't say he was wrong.
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.
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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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?"
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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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.
When my grandson was 2 yrs old, he called a woopie cushion a tootin' tortilla!
My kids would never put on shoes until we called them shoe-shoes. Because there are two of them, right?
When daughter was a toddler they were katties. We did not have kittens.
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?
My three year old refers to the soap opera, " The Young and the Restless", as The Young and the rest of us.
My son calls the area behind the knee a "leg pit" and well.... he's kinda right. It's forever now a leg pit.
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.
If I have kids this is what I'm going to call things ( if I remember)
Burhma cows shall always be known in my family as Camel Cows. One of my cousins coined the name ages 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!
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.
My niece showed me a broom and called it a witch car... I notice now that 4yo are very intelligent creatures.
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!
My daughter called making out, passing out! Stop passing out mom and dad!
Load More Replies... 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.
Oh I forgot my favourite, my daughter used to call sanitary pads, bum bandaids.
Load More Replies... 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.
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.
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.
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.
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?"
when I was little I would say ''my legs are spicy'' instead of my legs are asleep
Load More Replies... My daughter wanted another piece of gum because the pieces she was chewing lost all its flavor. She called it a "helper piece"
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.
We had the chicken pops in my house, too. My SIL recently took my niece to get her chicken pops shot.
Load More Replies... Porno White for my favorite fairytale character (poor Snow White) only child was plenty of entertainment for my parents
My daughter called eyebrows eyebrellas and it's more accurate and more fun in my opinion
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... 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.
We also own a jumpaline (trampoline) and occulars (binoculars)
Load More Replies... Parsnips = colourless giant carrots and Brussels sprouts = mini cabbages!
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".
My son referred to the back of his knees as the "knee pit". I can't say he was wrong.
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.
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... 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?"
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... 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.
When my grandson was 2 yrs old, he called a woopie cushion a tootin' tortilla!
My kids would never put on shoes until we called them shoe-shoes. Because there are two of them, right?
When daughter was a toddler they were katties. We did not have kittens.
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?
My three year old refers to the soap opera, " The Young and the Restless", as The Young and the rest of us.
My son calls the area behind the knee a "leg pit" and well.... he's kinda right. It's forever now a leg pit.
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.
If I have kids this is what I'm going to call things ( if I remember)
Burhma cows shall always be known in my family as Camel Cows. One of my cousins coined the name ages 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!
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.
My niece showed me a broom and called it a witch car... I notice now that 4yo are very intelligent creatures.
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!
