People are sharing moments they mash two words together and it’s a confusing delight
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My daughter calls a sunny clear sky ‘bluetiful’.
— Will Broadfoot (@Will_Broadfoot) March 3, 2019
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I think we should use my most frequent typo “startegy” to mean an initial strategy.
— ChrisP (@Wordsmithgetxo) March 2, 2019
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One of our little ones called instructions for his lego ‘the constructions’. It’s so logical it’s absolutely stuck for anything we make now.
— Helena Riches (@HelenaRiches) March 3, 2019
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My friend’s daughter calls a calculator a ‘countalator’ which makes so much sense I can’t believe we’re not renaming it globally.
— Jo Eismont (@JoEismont) March 4, 2019
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Ours is “backyarden,” coined by my son at about age four. Still use it.
— Aha.yes (@AmandaHayes6) March 3, 2019
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Ours is “backyarden,” coined by my son at about age four. Still use it.
— Aha.yes (@AmandaHayes6) March 3, 2019
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Apparently when I about four I looked out of the window one grey wet morning and declared it ‘pisserable’ outside.
— Stuart Beveridge (@StuartBeveridge) March 2, 2019
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When I was little I described my new dress as having a ‘spirly’ skirt – it flew out in that satisfyingly dramatic way when spinning and twirling in it. Still used today by the whole family
— The Mellers (@_Mellers) March 2, 2019
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A friend was telling an obviously fanicful and untrue story last night but insisted it was true. My housemate responded that he didn’t believe it because it sounded flimsical. It thinks going to become part of my regular vocabulary now
— Matutolypea! (@rhynocerous) March 3, 2019
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My three-year-old calls dry skin on lips “mouth pith” which has established itself in the family.
— Rachel Preece (@rachelinmunich) March 3, 2019
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I keep note of these words when they crop up – my favourite is Clumbersome – clumsy and cumbersome. I know a few people like that!
— Ernie Clock #GTTO (@xhellnbackx) March 3, 2019
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A close family member ( ok, my husband) thought until he was 40 that drudgery was in fact ‘trudgery’. I think it may be better…
— Angiejay (@angie_jay17) March 3, 2019
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‘Shoat’ is a term I’ve heard used in conservation research, especially overseas, when you’re trying to count livestock and it’s not clear if it’s a sheep or a goat. From memory, goat tails stick up, sheep tails hang down.
— Rebecca Hughes (@becclestown) March 4, 2019
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After watching Robbie Williams on TV, my 6yr old daughter said she thought “Wibbly Wobblyams” looked like her nan!!
— (Binger) (@the_manbeard) March 3, 2019
To conclude …
More of this please we need the laughs 😃
— Regina Behan (@ReggieRB) March 3, 2019
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