These Tweets From Parents About What Kids Call Things Are Highly Amusing

"Instead of 'emotional support' my son said 'mimosa-tional support' and I want that a lot more."
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Kids may not always know the official words for things, but the alternative terms they come up with tend to be even better than the real deal.

That’s why many parents take to Twitter to share their children’s funny malapropisms and creative turns of phrase ― from “foot wrists” to “medicine beans.”

Below, we’ve rounded up 35 hilarious tweets about what kids call things.

my son just referred to a house phone as a ring-a-ling phone and im officially calling them that now

— That Mom Tho (@mom_tho) December 13, 2022

Instead of “emotional” support, my son said “mimosa-tional” support and I want that a lot more

— Robert Knop (@FatherWithTwins) December 4, 2022

My 4yo told me they had butt cakes after lunch today and I was like “what?!” And he was like yea it was buttcakes… big ol cupcakes with icing. Oh bundt cakes. You had bundt cakes, buddy.

— Dad Named Matt 🇺🇸 (@mahnamematt) March 3, 2023

6yo told me he learned about a painter called Vingo Vango in school, and it took me a beat longer than I care to admit to figure that out

— meghan (@deloisivete) December 3, 2022

My 5 year old just referred to the drink menu as a "beer magazine" and that's what I'm calling it from now on

— Henpecked Hal (@HenpeckedHal) December 22, 2022

The best thing about 3-year-old's is the way they do what they can with the words that they know. My daughter doesn't know the word "cough drop" so she is requesting medicine beans.

— Kristen Mulrooney (@missmulrooney) December 17, 2022

5yo: mommy can you make me a bald egg?

me: are you talking about a BOILED egg.

him: the hard egg with no skin and hair.

— Princess | Sleep & Wellness (@themultiplemom) December 15, 2022

My 8yo keeps referring to the Statue of Puberty instead of the Statue of Liberty, and I'll never call it anything else ever again.

— Lil Bit 🌈 (@LizerReal) January 2, 2023

When my daughter was four she tried to say she had the "heebie jeebies" but it came out "Hebrew Bee Gees" and that's how it's been pronounced in my house for the last ten years

— Melvin of York (@MelvinofYork) January 26, 2023

My kids mispronouncing Michael Bublé is my new favorite holiday tradition.

— A Bearer Of Dad News (@HomeWithPeanut) December 14, 2022

My 8 yo son just asked me what it meant when women were on their "pyramids"....I don't know how to answer this....

— Thought Collector (@DadisaViking) August 8, 2022

My daughter called the 1st President “George Washingmachine” and if anyone corrects her you’re dead to me.

— MomTransparenting (@momtransparent1) December 17, 2022

My kids think the LMFAO song is “I’m 16 and I know it,” so now they’re singing it but swapping in their own ages

— meghan (@deloisivete) December 31, 2022

My 5 yr old called a QR code a scan square and now I’m asking myself - “why do they even call them QR codes”

— Larry Mickie 🍨 (@larrymickie) August 14, 2021

I just heard a four year old call Ferraro Rocher’s “chocolate meatballs” and I can never go back

— Andy Bowers (@evilpez4) June 12, 2022

My 12-year-old called her ankles "foot wrists" and now I'm concerned about her future plans to be a doctor.

— James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) January 18, 2023

my kid is yelling “JESUS RICE!” as I usher him out the door and I should be mad or upset or something but I am just trying really hard not to laugh

— mom mom mom mom mom (@notmythirdrodeo) February 13, 2023

My 5yo would like to wish you all a Happy Balance Time Day

— Kevin The Dad (@kevinthedad) February 14, 2023

My 7YO has been calling bit as tit since she’s been 4YO, I’ll correct her at some point but now I’m laughing at “May I have a tit of ketchup”

— Vinod Chhaproo (@Chhapiness) January 12, 2023

My 6yo couldn't remember the term "room temperature" so she called it "house weather." How perfect is that?

— Anna Staniszewski (@annastanisz) March 21, 2022

Sorry Italians, according to my 5 year old, arancini are now called golden meatballs.

— Kelly Hester (@KellyHester_) July 5, 2022

No one:

My kid: 🎶 six pickle doves

— meghan (@deloisivete) December 20, 2022

my son referred to live tv as “the tv where they just show u random things”

— . (@NoEmmeG) October 23, 2022

While watching AFV my 4 yr old called the pixelation on a kid’s butt “robo butt,” and now so shall we all.

— Molly Erdman (@erdmanmolly) March 22, 2018

My son was singing don’t stop believing and said a singer in a smoky room smell of farts and cheap perfume and as a live musician I can tell you those should be the lyrics.

— @itssherifield (@itssherifield) February 15, 2023

The best thing I’ve read on the internet today is that someone’s toddler calls tears ‘panic water’.#relatable

— Jo Goldsmith-Eteson (@JoGoldsmithE) August 6, 2022

My son referred to a little boy today as ‘a double kid’ - any idea what he meant?

A twin. The boy had a twin brother.

— Ginge 🧡 (@yorkshirecurl) January 24, 2022

Grandkids make the world a better place and make me laugh!! When the 4 year old has a nap in the car she denies having fallen asleep. She says she just had a long blink!! 😂😂

— Canteach 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 (@canteach) January 1, 2023

Tonight my 3 year old referred to Parmesan cheese as “cheese sprinkles” & that’s what its name will be forever & ever, amen.

— NurseKelsey (she/her) 🌈✨🎉❤️🏳️🌈 (@nursekelsey) December 24, 2020

On the 1st day of school, my 6-year-old told me about his art teacher, Mr. McClay. This week, I found out his name is actually Mr. Mitchell.

Turns out my kid has been calling him McClay because he thinks that's a better name for an art teacher.

— A Bearer Of Dad News (@HomeWithPeanut) August 31, 2022

My 7yo asked if the song that goes dun dun dun DUN is called Beethoven’s Steph Stephanie and I’ve never been so disappointed to tell him no

— meghan (@deloisivete) January 22, 2023

Today my 7 year old grandson called our bathroom scales a "weight thermometer "

This is why we should have kids name everything.....

— TwinFallsIdahoRealEstateGuy (@bryanbroker) June 1, 2022

Remembering the first time we saw seals with my daughter and she looks at them and goes “pig…fish???”

— Fossilized Tree Resin (@Jamberee13) August 22, 2022

Kids should name all things. Our 5 year old son said, “Poop Sugar,” and we finally realized he was talking about kitty litter. It is now Poop Sugar, and you can’t change my mind!

— Maggie Spire (@spirefruit) January 17, 2021

My 4yo calls bow tie pasta « butterfly » and my 6yo calls rotini « drill pasta » instead….kids should be in charge of naming things

— Mme Cola! B.A., B.Ed., M.Ed. (@jcolafranceschi) April 20, 2022
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