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Somewhat relatedly, when my daughter was younger she picked off one of the solidified tendrils that flows down the side of a candle and called it a wack. Obvio
by Lerc 10y ago
Somewhat relatedly, when my daughter was younger she picked off one of the solidified tendrils that flows down the side of a candle and called it a wack. Obviously candles are made of wacks.
- Lxr 10y agoWhen I was a kid I used to say "rash" of bacon because I thought the plural was "rashes", not "rashers".
- b_emery 10y agoThat is a good one. Here are a few from my 4 yr old: off-board: as opposite of onboard; both-turnal: awake in day and night; sand-boni: Tractor smoothing sand at the beach;
- saghm 10y agoI've actually heard "off-board" used by adults in a non-ironic way numerous times, usually in regards to the procedure taken when someone leaves a company (i.e. the inverse of "onboarding" a new hire).
- lookACamel 10y ago"Off-board" as in "off-board fare collection"? (A basic requirement of every BRT system.)
- ajacksified 10y agoSame here - "Look, I have a beeswack" instead of "Look, I have some beeswax."
- sjcsjc 10y agoI recall thinking the singular of sheep was shoop, probably from foot/feet.
- dang 10y agoWhen my son was 4, he found out he was a Pisces, thought that was a plural and proudly announced "I'm a Pisce!" (Rhymes with "icy".)
- alexvoda 10y agoSo who is the mac?
- equalunique 10y agoSome say memory is contained in DNA and passed down through generations, hence why intuition gives unlearned young the basic instincts needed to survive and grow.