Day 23—Cleavlage

Cleavlage = Cleavage

Another Katie-ism. She pronounced it with an "l" and I never told her otherwise! Ha!

and, no those are NOT my boobs.

Day 22—White Beater

White Beater = Wife Beater

"I bought a new beater, just like my white beater, only blue." Love you Kate!!

Day 21—Scruns

Scruns = underwear

Not even sure how long we've been calling underwear scruns. Forever. And FYI: those are NOT my scruns in the pic!

Day 20—J Bone

J Bone = jealous

Our French Bulldog, Lucy, is EXTREMELY jealous of her brothers' stuff. If they are getting petted, she butts her head to get petted too. If they are playing with a toy, THAT'S the toy she wants. If they get any kind of attention at all, she's jealous.

Day 19—Trimit

Tritmit = Christmas

Only 9 more months till Christmas!!

Day 18—Dee-e-e-Dowad's

Dee-e-e-Dowad's = McDonald's

This is how Victoria used to spell "McDonald's" when she was little.

Day 17—Gob gopps

Gob gopps = cough drops

Another Boopie-ism, I guess.

Day 16—Schmagoo

Schmagoo = smells good

Boopie used to say this when she was little. Aw!!

Day 15—Spididee

Spididee = spider

Ick. When I was googling an image to put on this post, I couldn't even bare to look at the real pictures of spiders, I hate them so much. So I had to post a cartoon happy face one.

Day 14—Scoots/sick poo

Scoots/sick poo = diarrhea

Gross, I know.

But that's what we've always called "it". Sorry!

Day 13—Goopy Crap

Goopy Crap = the stuff I put in my hair.

Technically, it's the Got2B spiking glue, but Alexandra calls it goopy crap. So that's what I put on the grocery list when I'm low.

Day 12—Gahmadeese

Gahmadeese = go get me a ball (or toy)

When Bodie looks like he wants to play keep away with one of his toys, if we say "gahmadeese" to him, he'll usually run away and bring back a ball or toy. Then we'll reach for it, and he'll pull it away and run. He loves for you to fake reach for it, or even just put your hand on it, he'll play growl then run. He's a lot of fun to play with.

Day 11—Chink Chow

Chink Chow = Chinese food

I know this is SO not politically correct, and I apologize in advance if I offend any Asians reading this blog. But seriously, I have like 6 followers, and none of them are Asian, so I think I'm ok. This is something we've always said for Chinese food. Pete and I must have started it way back in the day, and it stuck.

Sorry!!!

Day 10—Screamin E

Screamin E = your car is in desperate need of gas

We use this term when we REALLY need gas, your tank is not just empty, it's running on fumes.

Day 9—Piachio

Pi-ach'-i-o = Pistachio

This is the way Katie has always pronounced pistachio. Silly girl.

Day 8—Moe untsee

Moe untsee = call to the dogs that it's time for bed

This came from when we had Hunter, our Golden Retriever (that's him in the pic). We used to say "Come on Hunter" when we wanted him to go outside one last time before going up to bed. It's morphed into moe untsee (untsee=Hunter). Hunter's been gone since 2007, but we still use this as a "time for bed" call.

Day 7—People Bones

People Bones = peanut butter, dry milk and honey
When Alexandra was in preschool (19 years ago) one day the snack was people bones. They must have been learning about dogs or something. You put a blop (yes that's the exact measurement) of peanut butter, a couple of spoonfuls of dry milk and a drizzle of honey together and mix. Add enough dry milk to the mixture to create the consistency of play-doh. The kids could make shapes with it, bones in this case, then when they were done playing with it, they could eat their creations. My kids make this to this day, every once in a while. Try it!

Day 6—Rassafrassa

Rassafrassa = swearing under your breath

It's kind of like grumbling, but unintelligibly. The image is Muttley, from the cartoon Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines. He would grumble under his breath and it sounded like rassafrassa.

Day 5—Peeps

Peeps = glasses or contacts

To peep. To look [with your eyes]. Therefore, the things you use to correct your vision are called peeps.

Day 4—Tush

Tush = sound of car hitting a puddle and splashing either a person or something else

It's more of a sound effect but we do use it in conversation. "I think one time Victoria was driving her truck after a rain and she tushed some poor guy walking on the sidewalk."

Day 3—Noona Noona

Noona Noona = Tuna Noodle Casserole

This is appropriate for the first Friday in Lent. My husband HATES noona noona. Loathes it in fact. We can only make it when he's out of town. The girls and I love it.

Day 2—mips

Mips = Carmex lip baum

The girls must have not been able to say "lips" so they started calling it mips.

We have a couple variations on this: squeezy mips, mips on a stick, tub o' mips. Depends on the different kinds they sell. But it's always Carmex. And NOT the cherry flavor. Yuck.

Day 1—Shake Shake

Shake Shake = Kraft Parmesan Cheese

You know, the stuff you "shake" on spaghetti?

40 days of Boligisms

Apparently, my family has some unique ways of saying ordinary things. Enough of them, in fact, that people outside of my family has commented on them (yes I'm looking at you Tara). I was asked to make a list of them, so I thought for Lent I'd start a blog and list one a day and their meanings and background, if possible. We're weirdos I know. So tomorrow I'll start!