Someone asked which of their children’s mispronounced words people had added to the family lexicon – 23 of the best
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Pictured: a KNITHE. pic.twitter.com/Z2DZf6kkSx
— Cam Cannon (@cam_cannon) March 26, 2026
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My son called pistachios “seed clams” and I can never go back.
— ReelShy (@WhisperReel) March 26, 2026
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Cachoozi pic.twitter.com/UChSXv9TW0
— Val Candee (@ValCandee) March 26, 2026
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Monkey troll. That's what our oldest son called the remote control. He's 39 now. His wife and kids call it that too, after hearing the story.
— DRTexas (@PowersDale80468) March 26, 2026
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We’ve been saying “farmer John” cheese instead of Parmesan cheese and “hog rotten” potatoes instead of au gratin potatoes for years.
— Lulubelle (@Lulubelle0412) March 26, 2026
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There are Brussel Sprouts, or as we have come to mispronounce, Br*thel Sprouts. Which one of the fam recently asked for while shopping and I had to explain what they were really called … while the shop person tried to choke back their laughter.
— Dr G (@ZAGrrl) March 26, 2026
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Going for a walk in the ‘crunchy side’ https://t.co/y9ncwClika
— Daps (@bigdaps) March 26, 2026
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Hanitizer. Hand. Sanitizer. https://t.co/TkaxdvNFPt
— Kelly Singh (@KellyInPhoenix) March 26, 2026
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One of my sons called ice cream, “doffween,” when he was little and that’s what it’s been called in our house since. https://t.co/c2AoRO3bFh
— B. Miller (@BlaiseInKC) March 26, 2026
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So many words. Two that have stuck with us for the past 16 years:
Darbies – strawberries
Dibbadab – sticky tape https://t.co/3u0a8Tzmg9— Kai (@kai_h) March 26, 2026
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My son asked for "salty cockporn" at the cinema when he was 4. Didn't catch on for some reason… https://t.co/5GxpfYkiuu
— Steven (@steve_d24) March 26, 2026
Rachel Provenza shared her son’s cunning lie to stay out of trouble.
“Lellow”, but my favorite, which my son said at 3 yrs old to another little girl at his Catholic pre-school, while at recess, was “cinnamon ditch”. The little girl went to the teacher and that’s how she said it – “cinnamon ditch”. The teacher figured out what he said and he was…
— Rachel Provenza (@bowslingercraft) March 26, 2026
Cinnamon ditch!
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