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kid words

10/4/2014

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I asked you on Facebook, "What are some words kids have created that are still part of your family lexicon?" 

Here is English, according to kids, (with adult definitions).  

all things are Popsicles all things are possible
Banger Star Song  Star-Spangled Banner
banlanas  bananas 
basketti  spaghetti 
baydawl (Arabic for egg-shaped)  boiled eggs
be quiet!  I can't do my concentrate!  please let me think
bertiful  convertible 
blind beans black-eyed peas
brefticks  breakfast
buffalo  cantaloupe 
canpoon cantaloupe
checking the mail  wedgie removal
Chick Olay Chick-fil-A
department buildings  apartment buildings
device principal  vice-principal
Donald's House McDonald's
flat eggs  fried eggs
Freegan Mormon  Morgan Freeman 
frezents  presents
graingle  granola
green chip biscuits  Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits
grips  grits
Gwaves Braves 
Hattacoochee  Chattahoochee
jelly rackets  yellow jackets
Kinger Biz  Burger King
letter in the Post Office  wedgie
mazuhgeen magazine
mcrodge garage
Mommy go hop-y-toe on baik-y-ko  (undefined) 
muhtia  tortilla
MUSH a rooms  mushrooms
nother  other
nushie  wedgie
pengo  penguin
Pizzarella and Butter  Princess Cinderella & brother
pluffy  plump and/or fluffy 
Pugalitz (or Puglits) Publix
sedo  seal
Shadderday  Saturday 
shakey cheese grated Parmesan 
shawzidge sausage 
skinny pig  guinea pig
Toys Arrest  Toys R US
ungins  onions
upside up right side up
weewahs elephants
yellow eggs  scrambled eggs
yo-grit  yogurt
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analysis

49 total words or phrases

19 names for food (2 for cantaloupe)

5 animals or insects

5 non-restaurant places

3 restaurants

3 ways to describe a wedgie 


1 undefined phrase (from a linguist!)



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