General Chat

Do other families have words they use which have perfect sense within the family, but would leave outsiders wondering?

I asked my daughter if she wanted me to wash her Smurf and she knew exactly what I meant.

.......a white turban style towel for wrapping around wet hair.

Gwyn

Orange sucky-up thing...........its a garden leaf blower/vac - lol

ha ha Gwyn I would have understood Smurf.

OH has a happy knack of understanding thingies and watchyamacallits, but yes we do have pet names for things that nobody else would understand (great for playing trivial pursuit at times).
we have names like Nick shirts,

'dooberries' ! when you can't get the name of something in your head...as in 'pass the dooberry' :))

and not a household item, but when my mum mentioned 'thingy- from you know what' it was a fun game guessing which tv actor it was ;p)...
oh and 'Remington Steele' was 'shorthand for 'Ryan O' Neal' lol

Noo Rose the Rem Steele was the leccy shaver

lol Uzzi, 'Remington Steele' ( with the e) was also a US tv series with Pierce Brosnan :)

Years ago we had a shelf in the kitchen , Dad had put it up and one afternoon it fell down in spectacular fashion . Mum got a builder chap to put it back up and he said " there , you could stand a donkey on it now ! " it was forever after called " The Donkey shelf " .

Amanda
That would go well with my Squirrel cupboard

...named because I used to tuck away surplus items bought on offer, or early buys in preparation for Christmas

Gwyn

Whirley gig for rotary washing line
which has now been ripped out of the lawn because it is RUBBISH.

the doofer in our house is the tv remote

My gardening trainers are my 'go faster shoes'. I took the laces out so I could get them on and off quicker.....hence go faster.

We have them for shops........Sainsbugs, Bill and Coo (B*Q) lol

We have...
Fumakes...cornflakes
Boochas...Slippers
Rachets...Rabbits
Mitno...Chocolate drink

Loads more all thanks to my children when they were small. lol

Some great words here !

Can't think how you'd spell it, as it's only been a spoken word until now, but daughter says she needs a zjoozja.

.... to blend small quatities of soup.

Gwyn

We have two pet taps thanks to one of my brothers friends who when younger couldn't say cats.

When I ask my OH to pass the whatsit, he always gets it right! With sons toys, a roofie was a giraffe, and an efalump was an elephant.

I used to get a funny look whenever i ask my children did they want ( worms' or snake's ) for tea = worm's were short spaghetti and snake's was long spaghetti.

When ever I talk about charlie, lily 1, lily 2 and the creep all my children know what I mean, but if they have some-one with them they have to explain and tell them that I have a name for a few of my plant's.

Diane

Only one in my familly, son called Tomato Ketchup 'kit cat' on idea why, last week when round for dinner still says it, he is only 34 lol.

In our family 'doofers' refers to horse droppings - because they'll 'doofer' the garden!
Fump-fump - remote
Yakkies - chickens (my nephew's invention aged 2, for the chickens my sister kept - we have no idea why, but the name stuck!)
Eye bogies - sleepy dust
Eyes - glasses

Has anyone seen my windows? (Glasses)
where's the thing-ame-jig? (TV or Sky remote)
Anyone moved my Polyfilla? (Make-up)

Helen - I love 'windows' for glasses.
If I had said, in my house that I was going to clean the windows the family would have got sooo excited - then to just clean my glasses LOL

...Mind you, why I was the only one to clean them beats me - I don't think I had the words 'Mother - window cleaner exraordinary' printed on my forehead!