'Family words'

I hope every family has its own special words and it's not just us (but maybe? )

So (from baby words) shoes or socks, especially when misplaced, are woo-woos (sometimes feet can be woo-woos too)

We have other baby words too, like bup, for a drinking vessel (half bottle half cup I suppose.)

However, as senility creeps (rushes?) in, we find that we forget words too, and have to use descriptors instead. So, no more atlas or hammers in our house. Instead we ask for 'book of maps' and 'thing for knocking in nails'
Oh dear

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So it's all downhill now DM?

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My son had his own words for things
Elephants = Ongars
The moon = nail (it took me awhile to work this out then I realised the moon at times looks like a finger nail.
M & S = 'Marks expensive'

DM early senility has arrived here too , I don't always bother with names I point to the object instead or mime

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Have to pass on this one; can't recall anything oddly named when I was a child; and have been familyless since my Dad died in '64.

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A few baby words I recall .......

tootsies (toes)
dickey-doos (birds)
Freddie-fly (fly)
puddies (hands)

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I have to say I cannot think of any at the moment....

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Our young nephew could not get his tongue round 'Margaret' --so it always came out as Maggot -lol

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flaums (flowers)
tinsey (small)

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The only one I can think of that I still use is brewbin for bedroom, it came from my teenage years when I used to make home brews in my bedroom.

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big dods - lots of
peeny pooky - paper bag
hampermoof - handkerchief

That's about all I can remember ????senility setting in here too.

I do find myself pointing or going ito big explains for words I cannot remember. My Gran used to say her brain was full so she had to use the words she could find!