A couple of days ago, author Tessa Dare shared the term her friend’s daughter used to describe a crow. Halloween eagle. “And a child shall lead us. It is known,” Tessa tweeted.
TessaDare
Admiring the creativity, parents turned to Twitter with their own.
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A friend’s 5 yr old saw a rhino and called it a “Battle Unicorn”. Can we let 5 yr olds christen new species please?
ZoeJTuinman
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My daughter once referred to dreams as “The Stories In My Eyes”
lama_j
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Terra George
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A kindergartner told me she liked my hand socks…gloves obviously. But now forever hand socks.
msjennywatson
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A friend’s 5yo was wailing about seeing “flamingo witches” after watching the National Geographic channel. Took a little while to figure out she was talking about vultures.
jilliank245
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My two year old son calls beards/facial hair “face grass”. It started like a year ago and we can’t bring ourselves to correct him.
janna_rpw
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My son calls ravioli “pasta pockets”
shaniggli
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Starla Black
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When I was 4 or 5, I referred to cemeteries as “die yards.”
JaniceSimon
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My friend’s toddler calls wolves ‘party dogs’. Carry on.
TheNitiest
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My daughter when she was 3 made the word “Lasterday” meaning any day before yesterday. “I was born lasterday” or “Remember when we went to the store lasterday”
flsoccermommy22
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My daughter wanted to be a librarier when she grew up. Librarian? I asked. No. Librarier. Someone who goes to the library and reads books!
ActuallyLW
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When our son was little, he called a harmonica a “cowboy trumpet”.
SuzanneBlakeman
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When my daughter was roughly 5, she referred to eyebrows as eye moustaches. She’s a teenager now and it’s all about the eyebrows
lynnxxxxxxxxx
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My niece used to say she was “singing in her pants” whenever she passed gas.
brettspiel
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When my son was little, he used to say “fasting” instead of running. “Look Mom! I’m fasting!”
lukatate
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My 5 year old niece says “starfish-circle” for cartwheel. Genius!
KCrechriou
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When my daughter was 3 or 4, she called a smoke stack at a local business a “cloud factory.” Yep, that *is* what it looked like!
kree104