‘What made up words do you use in your family?’ – 23 incredibly wholesome examples of everyday gobbledegook

13.

‘All gadgets in our houses require you to read the destructions first before use.’
–deusxm

14.

‘My son misnamed Yorkshire puddings as ‘oxtras’ when he was little so that has stuck.’
–newtonbase

15.

‘Ambulances are Ambwims and have been for about 10 years.’
–pippym

16.

‘My mum goes to hopickal. And now, so do all of us. Compooter is another of hers, and Nextflick. It’s kinda funny to me that most people’s here came from their kids, whilst all of mine and my kids daft sayings came directly from my mother.

Oh except for meecrowarvay, which obviously came from Nigella.’
–keeponkeepingup

17.

‘My brother when he was young couldn’t pronounce the word chicken. Rather incomprehensibly, he pronounced it ‘chooky-looken’. So that’s what we sometimes call chicken.’
–Crimbly_B

18.

‘Mermaids will forever be known as mermanades, polos as polar bears, salt and vinegar crisps as tingly crisps and my personal favourite pins and needles as tins and noodles.’
–Badgersbutthole

19.

‘My daughter earned her nickname, when we asked our friends young daughter to say ‘Elizabeth’, when my daughter had been just born. She said ‘little boof’, so my daughter has been known as Boof ever since. She’s now in her early 20s.’
–H16HP01N7

20.

‘Scoopius Mininimus = Tea spoon. Scoopius Maximus = Dessert spoon. Necessarium = Toilet. Zapadeedoodah = Remote control. Walkupons = Feet.’
–therealtimwarren

21.

‘The TV remote is called the ‘conflicker’ in our house which was my eldest’s unintentional portmanteau of ‘controller’ and ‘flicker’.’
–MrsO88

22.

‘When my niece was around two, I started buying her activity books, and she would call them tibbidy books. So that’s what they’ve been referred to as since then.’

23.

‘We pronounce ‘chipolatas’ without any of the consonants, after my mum had a few too many on Christmas and forgot how to speak.’
–reverendhunter

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