Wrong Thing?

alabaster_angel

Is there anything that you knowingly call by the wrong name because that's what it was called when you were growing up? Or because a friend called it something weird?

 

I call these "squinties" instead of ground squirrels.. my mom had a friend who called them that and I thought it was adorable.

JessieR933

I use to say whole made instead of homemade. Mostly because I heard it wrong. 

MissusTexas

Yes!

 

This is a Cactus Wren... I just had to google "native birds of South Texas" because I didn't know their real name.

I refer to them as "shitwads", just as my father and forefathers before him called them. When I was little, my dad made me say "shitbirds".

 

gregslittlewifey

I call Brahma chickens "pants chickens" because my ex said they looked like they were wearing pajama bottoms.

 

StellarStaylor

I called stools "bancos" since that's what my mom called it.

I also call the remote the "clicker".

alabaster_angel

MissusMcElroy:

This is a Cactus Wren... I just had to google "native birds of South Texas" because I didn't know their real name.

I refer to them as "shitwads"

Ha!

erin0709

Yes, I call these locusts, but everyone else says ciccadas. 

Apparently my family is strange for locusts

 

 

erin0709

gregslittlewifey:

I call Brahma chickens "pants chickens" because my ex said they looked like they were wearing pajama bottoms.

 

Haha!   

SLouWE

I call the remote control a "rote" because that's what my dad always called it.  I also call a drinking fountain a "bubbler", but that's actually a Wisconsin thing.  I pronounce the word Clearance like the name Clarence, and my mom and I use the same joke in stores: "Look!  Clarence!  I love that guy!"

Also, my parents had a habit of making up band names if they couldn't remember the real name.  So in my house we say Dead Leonard (Def Leopard), Heard of Homing Pigeons (Flock of Seagulls), and Green Eyed Turtles (Third Eye Blind).

alabaster_angel

gregslittlewifey:

 

My favorite chickens! I always got black ones.

lisaanne1924

I call  cubed steak "chewy meat".

When I was little, I used to embarrass my mom by saying "What are you trying to INSIMENATE?" instead of "What are you trying to INSINUATE?"

Not me, but most people where my parents live, call dumpsters "pitch ins"

sapphirebouquet

My family turns everything backwards, but it's completely intentional. Like instead of "I'm going to start a fire" it's "I'm going to fart a star". Silly things like that.

erin0709:

Yes, I call these locusts, but everyone else says ciccadas. 

Apparently my family is strange for locusts

 

 

I can't come up with any examples of what you're specifically asking except for this one from Erin.

angrybeavers

Instead of calling the singer Meatloaf, I call him Dinner Plate. I would always forget his name but remembered that it was some sort of dinner meal.

Hubby knew immediately who I was talking about when I said it, so there was no real need to learn it quickly, especially because he thought it was hilarious.

 

I also call the remote the clicker 

ka429

lisaanne1924:

I call cubed steak "chewy meat". When I was little, I used to embarrass my mom by saying "What are you trying to INSIMENATE?" instead of "What are you trying to INSINUATE?" Not me, but most people where my parents live, call dumpsters "pitch ins"

LOL. I used to say "worm-aid" instead of "mermaid" when I was little. We (me & everyone else I knew) always called fireflies "lightning bugs."

LizO11

ka429:

lisaanne1924:

I call cubed steak "chewy meat". When I was little, I used to embarrass my mom by saying "What are you trying to INSIMENATE?" instead of "What are you trying to INSINUATE?" Not me, but most people where my parents live, call dumpsters "pitch ins"

LOL. I used to say "worm-aid" instead of "mermaid" when I was little. We (me & everyone else I knew) always called fireflies "lightning bugs."

Growing up, we did the same thing with lightning bugs.

I will also say "I undermeant what you stood" instead of "I understood what you meant." I did it mocking my ex a lot and it kind of stuck.

angrybeavers

Oh, that reminds me of string cheese.

I frequently call it cheese string.

That might be related to the dyslexia, but I only get it right on the first time about 40% of the time 

alabaster_angel

LizO11:

I did it mocking my ex a lot and it kind of stuck.

Pfaw!

erin0709

sapphirebouquet:

My family turns everything backwards, but it's completely intentional. Like instead of "I'm going to start a fire" it's "I'm going to fart a star". Silly things like that.

erin0709:

Yes, I call these locusts, but everyone else says ciccadas. 

Apparently my family is strange for locusts

 

 

I can't come up with any examples of what you're specifically asking except for this one from Erin.

Thatwas a fail post. My pip didn't show up, silly iPad.  

Nevermind 

 

 

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erin0709

Oh, now the  pic shows up.  Wth?  

 

skippingstones

I call them heag-aches instead of headaches

I call them chapter books still lol 

cowgurl_cutie

Any kind of pheasant or grousse we would call them "prairie chickens".  It bugs the crap out of my H since he's used to hunt wild game in the UK and is a stickler for their correct names.  He now teases me by pointing to random birds in fields as we're driving and yells out "look!.. prairie chickens!"  Then I resist the urge to punch him.

StellarStaylor

I've only said it once but I thought it was pretty hilarious later on in life.

My Aunt lived in a condo near Disneyland and when we use to visit her when would get all excited. So one time my mom took us without telling us where we were going and as we were driving in her complex I stated (rather loudly) "are we in Aunt blah blahs condoms?