Does anyone else's family
have practically an entire language crafted out of all the children's baby language and slash or stupid quotes from childhood?

For example, in our family anything we really like is described as 'The nicest little spoon I ever saw!' and displeasure is signified by saying 'Never, ever take magazines away from girls.'

Probably more awful/ amusing than that, however, is the ritual that stems from an early childhood quote by my sister.

My mum was about to embark on a diet and being the goody two shooz ('shoes'- agh, family lingo!) suck up five year old I apparently was, I say sweetly: 'Mummy, you don't need to go on a diet, I think you're beautiful just as you are!' (probably while putting my arms around her waist and batting my eyelashes).

Cue a pause which I like to imagine involed her smiling fondly down at her lovely, thoughtful eldest daughter (but may have actually involved concealing a smirk/ vomit).

Then, as my mother was mid- bask in the feeling of 'Parenthood! What joys it bringeth! To be idolised and loved unconditionally by those whom you have brought life to, the unrelenting worship of ones own kind, one's own flesh and bloo-'

'I hate fat people.'

Unceremoniously spat forth from the mouth of my 3 year old sister over a decade ago, it still features regurlarly in muttered asides every time we stop in a McDonalds on long family car journeys.
(Mr._F is not actually a man- this username is a lie!, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 22:04, 1 reply)

We do that too...
most notably the word "Biscuit" is replaced by "Bisam" as thats how I used to say it when I was just a young'un. I'm sure there are pleanty more that i can't remember at the moment.
(chrisdood Why yes, I am the shizzle, Sat 22 Nov 2008, 0:27, closed)