Little People Lexicon aka Toddler Mommy Mouth

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Everyone knows I am sort of a word nerd.  I use the proverbial five dollar words in everyday conversation.  My children have always had a larger than normal (for their age) vocabulary as well.  I believe they are, in fact, just little people so there is no reason for that goo-goo ga-ga baby talk.  That just inhibits their ability to grasp the English language correctly.


Having said that, there are many Little People speech fumbles that end up becoming part of our lexicon forevermore.  I constantly have Toddler Mommy Mouth moments where I have adopted their blunders for the actual phrases.  The bad part?  I don't even have any toddlers.  I haven't had toddlers for quite sometime.


Kamden is 8.  I mean, we have Monkey Princess, but she's only 8 months old.  She says da-da and occasionally ma-ma.  That's it.


Sometimes though, kids say things that are so flippin' cute that from then on, you say them that way because, well, I don't know, they just become embedded in the brain.


Here are some examples....from our permanent Little People Lexicon which are now Romano-isms.


Nunderwears - These are also known as underwear. However, we all call them nunderwears.


My don't know.  Translation - I don't know.


My luz you.  Translation - I love you.


Gimme dem nips.  Translation - I'd like a kiss please.  or Give me those (them) lips.


Die-ent Coke is the equivalent of Diet Coke. <---this one actually came from my brother, who is 30.  We've called it die-ent coke for a long damn time!


Not nec-cess-celery. (A family favorite that is hard to break!) Translation - not necessarily.


There are a plethora of others, these are just a few of my favorites.  I often find myself in the midst of a conversation with another adult who has no children, or perhaps is just more cultured than I am, using Little People Lexicon and I get that blank stare or worse that slight eye roll.  It make me snicker to myself because for me, it takes me back to those moments that as a Mommy, I treasure forever.


How about you?  What's your favorite LP Lexicon?  Do you have Toddler Mommy Mouth?  Are there things you say incorrectly, on purpose because you did as a child?  Spill it Smackers...


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