https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 17:18:55 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont/page/2#post-1126059 Wed, 02 Oct 2013 11:52:30 +0000 Fronkinzankinsbride 1126059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We call a pacifier a patu. I think my wife made it up when she was a baby. </p> <p>I had a friend that always said "sew pants" instead of the "sew buttons on your underwear." his grandfather was a tailor. </p> <p>I grew up in Oregon and we always called the beach "the coast" and never the beach. I think the beach means somewhere warm and sunny and the coast is cold and rainy. :)</p> <p>I adore the Sweet Honey Iced Tea saying. That's the cutest thing I've ever heard. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont/page/2#post-1120169 Sun, 29 Sep 2013 19:00:44 +0000 HeartAbandoned 1120169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When a door slams and no one's around, we blame it on Honkus. He's the ghost that just slams doors. And my grandmother really did say that the devil was beating his wife when it rained while the sun was out. </p> <p>Also, quotes from Christmas Vacation or A Christmas Story are universally applicable and always appropriate, no matter what time of year it is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont/page/2#post-1120073 Sun, 29 Sep 2013 17:51:53 +0000 fairy 1120073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Haha these are great :) </p> <p>I used to just say "sew buttons" when I was young but I don't know where I heard it. </p> <p>My grandpa always said scrumdiddlyumptious when things tasted good. </p> <p>My husband and I always call frozen chicken strips/tenders/nuggets "chickies" lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont/page/2#post-1119712 Sun, 29 Sep 2013 09:48:44 +0000 MamaMoose 1119712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@TheSwissWifeStyle: haha I grew up going to the Jersey Shore and I was going to say the same thing : ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont/page/2#post-1119692 Sun, 29 Sep 2013 09:25:36 +0000 nana87 1119692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>my family used a lot of random Yiddish phrases growing up, like "cvetching" (complaining) or "kvelling" (praising) or "having schpilkes" (throwing a fit) but there's one I think my parents made up that my husband is always super confused when I use-- "fi-cocked," which basically means f**ked up, like if something breaks or gets messed up</p> <p>dh also looks at me funny when I say "easy peasey pumpkin pie" or "man oh man oh jeez oh petez" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont/page/2#post-1119544 Sun, 29 Sep 2013 03:19:52 +0000 TheSwissWifeStyle 1119544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rahlyrah: I grew up saying "goin down the shore." (NJ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont/page/2#post-1119462 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 23:19:27 +0000 StbHisMrs 1119462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erinpye: I live in the Portland area and my Grandparents use to call the couch a davenport too, I never understood it! I also hear pass gas a lot, and all "soda" is pop no matter what!</p> <p>@mrs.lord: @mamamoose: cluster f*ck is a favorite in our house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont/page/2#post-1119418 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 22:24:11 +0000 heartsnsunshine 1119418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@aprk: I didn't learn that Slippy wasn't a word until graduate school.... :( :( how embarrassing that was lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont/page/2#post-1119262 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 20:10:28 +0000 mrsbookworm 1119262@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We call an unfinished drink a "Vanna". Like, who left this Vanna beer? I don't know who Vanna is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont/page/2#post-1119237 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 19:39:48 +0000 travelgirl1 1119237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: @MamaMoose: We say "for Pete's sake!" :happy: Pete gets a lot of attention around the world! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont/page/2#post-1119228 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 19:34:50 +0000 CupQuakeWalk 1119228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Danizaur: hahahaha. I'm adopting this. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont/page/2#post-1119199 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 19:24:57 +0000 Shutterbug 1119199@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My family always called farts "gassers" and I did not know that wasn't what everyone called them until probably middle school. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont/page/2#post-1119148 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 18:45:21 +0000 artsyfartsy 1119148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Whenever we say "We're gonna run to the store" or "I gotta run home real quick" my FIL always quips "Well, Lord it'll be faster if you drive."</p> <p>EVERYTIME </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont/page/2#post-1119143 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 18:42:12 +0000 erinpye 1119143@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Let's see. I live in the Pac NW- grew up in Portland and now in the Seattle area. My grandparents call the couch the "davenport." My dad always tried to get us to say "pass gas" instead of fart. We call all soda "pop" which is apparently weird to some people living in other parts of the country. We call umbrellas "bumbershoots" sometimes. My dad says "Jimminy Crickets," too :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont/page/2#post-1119036 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 15:59:12 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 1119036@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>These are hilarious.<br /> My family says "Atta go, Harry" when we mean 'well, that was an idiot move'. They also use 'hands up, Harry' when changing kids (like, raise your hands so I can pull your shirt over your head).</p> <p>No idea who Harry is, or why he's so prevalent in our family. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont/page/2#post-1118950 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:36:25 +0000 Anagram 1118950@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MrsTiz: my dad said Jiminy Crickets, too!<br /> @MsMamaBear: we also say pallet! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont/page/2#post-1118795 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 10:20:47 +0000 MsMamaBear 1118795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bpcmarj: Yeah, we say pallet too. We used to sleep on pallets when we stayed at my grandma's house.lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont/page/2#post-1118793 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 10:19:30 +0000 MsMamaBear 1118793@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My grandma used to say this and we still say it "Moving like dead lice are falling off of you." It means going super slow! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont/page/2#post-1118742 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 09:32:03 +0000 JamieLee 1118742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: same! Definitely must be a state thing, or at least a Midwest thing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont/page/2#post-1118699 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 08:08:58 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1118699@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Beyond2: we use Herman to describe really stupid moments we have or stupid people we encounter. It stems from an fast food encounter my mom and I had when I was 13 or so. The cashier took 20 minutes to get our order correct. We swear it was him not us.</p> <p>@Anagram: plus one for dagnamit. My dad says that all the time.</p> <p>My mom says yeah, yeah and it's funny because she soundsnlike P Diddy with the take that, take that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont/page/2#post-1118674 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 07:51:21 +0000 MrsTiz 1118674@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How funny I've always heard "sew buttons on t-shirts" from my mom and her mom. </p> <p>We all say "Jiminy Crickets" in place of "holy sh*t" or "omg". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont/page/2#post-1118645 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 06:45:32 +0000 Dandelion 1118645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Marfi: My mom says something similar..."sew buttons on your old man's underwear." I've always hated it and I never say it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont/page/2#post-1118643 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 06:41:36 +0000 avivoca 1118643@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dad says jeez-o-flip, and we call people pal when we're mad at them (like, in traffic). Dad always did that when cursing bad drivers under his breath. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont/page/2#post-1118633 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 06:23:13 +0000 Bao 1118633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JamieLee: Michigan, you? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont/page/2#post-1118624 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 05:41:47 +0000 bpcmarj 1118624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My FIL and DH call everything a "session" (dinner session, shower session, family session). My family always referred to private parts as your "business", which no one around here does. And, I think this may be more common in the south (where my mom is from) but a bunch of blankets on the floor for sleeping like at a sleepover is called a "pallett". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont/page/2#post-1118620 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 05:31:46 +0000 JamieLee 1118620@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: agreed! And I shorten it to just cluster if I'm trying not to drop the f bomb! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont#post-1118619 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 05:31:40 +0000 Ra 1118619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>More of a regional thing, but we say "going down the ocean" instead of "going to the beach." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont#post-1118616 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 05:27:02 +0000 Bookish 1118616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: haha my DH says cheese and rice!</p> <p>-'bull butter' instead of BS<br /> -'better safe than splattered'<br /> -'where there's a (insert my last name here) there's a way' -that one embarrassed me growing up but I use it all the time now haha</p> <p>There are also a lot of creative curse words that DH's Mom uses, lol. 'jingle d**k' is my favorite, lol! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont#post-1118615 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 05:27:01 +0000 JamieLee 1118615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: we say that frequently. Just curious, what state do you live in? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-a-word-or-phrase-that-you-or-your-family-use-that-others-dont#post-1118600 Sat, 28 Sep 2013 04:13:20 +0000 TheSwissWifeStyle 1118600@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Danizaur: adding S on the end of names annoys the crap outta me too! </p> <p>@cheert16: Is your husband from South Jersey or Philly? All of those sound normal-ish to me, except for the zippen!</p> <p>When I was growing up, we called farts "fluffs" and everybody's 'privates' was a "peep." (No matter if you were a boy or a girl, it was all a "peep." lol) </p>