Mine has a few that I can think of but I’m definitely forgetting some:

  • Snig: a secret stash. Usually of cash but it could be chocolate or whatever. Pretty sure this one is unique but I’d love to hear otherwise.
  • Sero: (seero) seriously. This one isn’t unique.
  • James floody (flew-dy) ah-doody amen: Weird chant in the hope that something comes true.
  • edit: pinchies: little bit of food before it’s ready. Usually meat but as I’m cooking pancakes I just gave some pinchies and it reminded me of this thread
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    A neologism my mother taught me as I was first learning to talk (and eat) was ‘clurt’

    If you are eating something that is drippy like yogurt or soup you need to clurt your spoon before you put it in your mouth. Grew up saying this and was always confused when people didn’t understand what I was talking about

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    “Barfer” for a compost waste container.

    “Squirtlet” for a small squeeze container of drink concentrate.

    Both things that don’t have a short standard name, so one was improvised and caught on.

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    My kids say “tomorrow after that day” instead of the day after tomorrow; my oldest came up with it as a toddler and it just stuck.

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        No. Ultimately German going back to 1800’s, then United Empire Loyalists who settled in Niagara area. A lot of farms, quite a few Mennonites, so there’s that kind of influence.

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          That’s pretty close actually! Despite the name, Pennsylvania Dutch would be better translated as Pennsylvania German. “Boughtten a cake” wouldn’t surprise me at all, as we grew up saying things like “outten the lights”.

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    I recently learned that one of the older men in my family does, in fact, have and use a poop knife.