Parents Are Sharing Kid Vocabulary That Is Much Better Than The Actual Words We Use

My friend's 5-year-old just saw a crow and called it a "Halloween eagle."

And a child shall lead us. It is known. This is the new name for the bird-formally-known-as-crow. You know what to do, @MerriamWebster.

— Tessa Dare 🐐 (@TessaDare) May 30, 2018

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?

— Zoe Tuinman (@ZoeJTuinman) May 30, 2018

As a toddler, my son was king of properly renaming things. This is why my vocabulary now includes gems like "boo boo trucks" and "bed skins" (ambulances and sheets, obviously).

— Erin Rooney Doland (@erdoland) May 30, 2018

My daughter re-named earmuffs "snow headphones" and it stuck over here.

— Geoff Gerrietts (@ggerrietts) May 30, 2018

A kindergartner told me she liked my hand socks...gloves obviously. But now forever hand socks.

— Jenny Watson (@msjennywatson) May 30, 2018

My 5 year old niece says "starfish-circle" for cartwheel. Genius!

— Kaitlin C (@KCrechriou) May 30, 2018

My son calls ravioli "pasta pockets"

— Shannon Gallagher (@shaniggli) May 30, 2018

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.

— jillian (@jilliank245) May 30, 2018

My daughter once referred to dreams as "The Stories In My Eyes"

— lama-j spelt bakword (@lama_j) May 30, 2018

When my daughter was three we were in the drug store and she begged me to buy her a "dog catcher" I turned around to see her holding a Frisbee.

— Gretchen Swanson (@GTS206) May 30, 2018