Monday, May 30, 2011

Our Vocabulary

Below is a compendium of my favorite words my children have reinvented:

 
The Boy
egg diving = coloring eggs, using done around Easter time
elmo = pseudonym for toy, especially a red and white walking toy and a red and blue riding car
ice tream =  nice cool treat
pobo stick = a toy used for hopping around
floward = not in reverse (the boy still says this now!)
moak = white liquid that comes from mommies and cows

first "official" word = agua (water in Spanish)



 
The Girl, aka Perry the Platypus
Ainan = her older brother
gasoline = chemical used in a pool to kill germs
nuddix = chunks of chicken (or fish) covered with a breaded batter, sometimes fried or baked
tete = leche, spanish for milk
yodurt = curdled milk

first "official" word = Tada! (alright, so maybe it's not a word, but it was her first use of context)


 
Biscuit
agia = water, derived from Spanish agua
Booby = cartoon dog that travels with psychedelic group of kid detectives
da-dee-day! = yellow school bus, may have originated from an attempt to say, "there it is!"
flies = fried potatoes, usually served at McOnas or Ick Fiyay
gata = shortened form of "galleta" (Spanish for cracker)
i.e. = ice cream, not to be confused with the study of Operations Management or Human Factors Engineering
nine! = (increased emphasis) possessive noun, not to be confused with the German word for no
nana = food, used often in combination with nine!
Obamas = comfy clothes you wear at night
queue me = what you say after you burp
tank you = using his manners
Toody = famous rag doll toy that says, "There's a snake in my boot!"
Yaya = his sister


first word = "Doggy!" (In Biscuitese, Doggy is actually ANY four footed animal...)

1 comment:

M Smith said...

Conor is totally into Phineas and Ferb too...