Wednesday, June 10, 2009

A Vocabulary Lesson From 3-Year-Olds

Life lesson: Try to use a new word every day.

Here are a few words that my girls use on a regular basis.

glitter poop - GLIT - ter - poop - n. - litter box
"Daddy went outside to throw away the glitter poop."

lasterday - LAST-er-day - n. - anything that has happened in the past
"We looked for eggs lasterday." "Lasterday when it was Christmas we saw Santa!"

nexterday - NEXT-er-day - n. - anything that will occur in the future
"Nexterday we're going to be flowergirls." "We're going to Disneyland nexterday."

hugantous - hue-GAN-tus - adj. - a word to describe an object when "huge", "gigantic" or "humungous" just doesn't cover it
"That tree is hugantous!" "We saw a hugantous bulldozer!"

toebear - TOE-bare -n. - a creature without shoes or socks
"Mommy, I want to take off my socks and be a toebear."

magnet flying glass - n. - an instrument used to enlarge items being viewed
"We found a bug! Can we have the magnet flying glass?"

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