People are sharing moments they mash two words together and it’s a confusing delight
We’re grateful to the marvellous @MooseAllain for sharing this tale of when he got his words mixed up and the possible benefits of turning two words into one.
I just accidentally said "Very gratisfying", which somehow makes me think we should do away with satisfying and gratifying and just use the Venn diagram word instead.
— Moose Allain Ꙭ (@MooseAllain) March 2, 2019
Because it prompted all sorts of other people to share the moments they did something similar – sometimes by accident, often entirely deliberately – and it’s an occasionally confusing delight.
1.
We have a full sentence into one small word. Meemo – Give me the remote control. Also I once said Horning to a visitor at work when my brain couldn’t decide between Hello and Good morning 😐
— Marmalade Funbuns (@SquishMitten) March 3, 2019
2.
You’re not alone with Horning! https://t.co/kr5J7d5hBL
— Moose Allain Ꙭ (@MooseAllain) March 3, 2019
3.
My daughter at age 3 or so used to say ‘my gracious’ which is ‘my goodness’ and ‘goodness gracious’ rolled into one, and also is a good way of describing birds that fly south for the winter.
— Dr Jo Gibson RGN (@JoGibsonUCLAN) March 4, 2019
4.
My daughter at a similar age used to mix “oh my days!” and “whoopsie daisies!” which resulted in “oh my daisies!”
— Katrina Hughes (@elikathug) March 4, 2019
5.
Daughter has always called the Radiator, the Radiheater.
Makes sense.— 🇪🇺sad sabot 👢 (@just3nita) March 3, 2019
6.
My son called cutlery *cuttery* for years (which kinda makes sense), and wouldn’t believe us when we tried to correct him!
eh @Standoftheland?! #adorablemuch— Phil Osophy (@melanie_stand) March 3, 2019
7.
My grandson’s “rainbrella” makes perfect sense.
— Duncan Hess (@TheRealMrHess) March 3, 2019
8.
My son calls all crocodile/alligators Crocodators and tbh I think he’s onto something.
— Louise McSharry (@louisemcsharry) March 4, 2019
9.
Our kids were play-fighting. One of the boys was getting a bit carried away so I said: “Isaac, stop being so boisterous!” He replied: “why? Laura’s being girlsterous!”
— Andy Ibbs (@andyibbs) March 3, 2019
10.
Ours, from one of our daughters, is ‘chother’
As in
‘They love e chother’
‘We love our chothers’
‘They love their chothers’— Sonnet the Hedgehog (@HedgehogSonnet) March 3, 2019
11.
When my three-year old was introduced to the concept of the Hoover, she conjugated the verb to “hoove”.
“Can I help you hoove today?”
— Yeeeehaw (@graphicscowboy) March 3, 2019
12.
My missus says ‘nodoubtably’ instead of the vastly inferior ‘undoubtedly’
— John Oakley (@jonokli) March 2, 2019
13.
My son coined sidetracted aged 5, as a mash up of side tracked and distracted.
— Kathleen McGurl (@KathMcGurl) March 2, 2019
14.
My sister once said ‘presactly’ and it stuck. I’ve been using it ever since.
— Funky Junk Shop (@aladdinsdevon) March 2, 2019
15.
I also like ‘horrential rain’.
— Funky Junk Shop (@aladdinsdevon) March 2, 2019