flerds
[Flurds]: funny little family words
Misty Elliott
Il ustrations by Pippa McNay
For my smunchy babies, Samuel, Olivia, Audrey and Will Thomas.
I love you wiglits and schmoodles!
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In my family when we say The name for this or that, It’s fun to use a made-up word Like for cat.
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You see, we have a special way Of naming things we see. It’s turned into a silly game My family plays with me.
I guess you’d like to know just what We named these crazy words. These giggly, squiggly family terms To us are known as .
flerds
weefle -ball
ishy -blanket
beebobbles -peas
One flerd I remember We made up years ago, is the goofy thing That we call our toes.
tooders
tooders [TOO ders]: toes—from tiny baby pudgy toes, to 100 year old wrinkly toes.
dobby [DAH bee]: binky, pacifier, plug, soother, ba ba etc.
When I was a baby I got all sad and sobby. I didn’t want my pacifier, Boo hoos were for my .
dobby
When our milk is kind of old And just a little stinky, We don’t say, “It’s going sour,” We say, “Yuck! It’s !”
blinky
blinky [BLING kee]: a word to describe a drink, usually milk, when it’s just about to go sour and may be slightly stinky or “off” tasting. Although blinky usually refers to milk, orange juice can get blinky too.
When we hear you sneeze a sneeze, A giant wet kerchoo!!! We say, “ !” Imagine that! Rather than “Bless you!”
scat
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scat [SCAT]: a word to let someone know you noticed they sneezed and you feel badly for them.