[Magdalen] All in the family

[Molly Wolf]

"Applesnot" (applesauce)
Answering "I've got a question" by saying "42"
"And there was much rejoicing" (Monty Python and the Holy Grail
"Beaver fangs" for "I'm proud of you" or "congratulations" (long story involving the Canadian comedy "Men with Brooms")



The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. -- Mark Twain

> On Sep 8, 2015, at 10:33 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I have racked my brain today about this sort of 'inside family vocab' and couldn't think of any... Ginga's post suddenly reminded me of 2:
> 
> fufume  - my son Nathan's description of perfume when he was about 2
> and frinkling - also Nathan, to describe light rain/sprinkling
> 
> both of these words stayed in the family vocabulary for years and I still use frinkling and have introduced it to a close friend who often shares sudden outside sprinkles with me, so it lives on!
> 
> there are a few others itching to surface on my brain, if I remember them I'll post again : )
> Lynn
> 
> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
> 
> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." attributed to Erma Bombeck
> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk by Richard Rohr
> 
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> From: "Ginga Wilder" <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2015 8:06 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] All in the family
> 
>> Ginny Wilder tried to say 'good news!' in her excited state.  She spoke,
>> "New Goose!"  This stuck.  It's reserved for the best of the best news.
>> 
>> Ginga
>> 
>>> On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 7:25 PM, Jo Craddock <jocraddock at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I was the progenitor of cottontail forks.
>>> 
>>> Peace,
>>> Jo
>>> 
>>> 
>>> <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Today while making a shopping list I put something on it that made me
>>>>> think
>>>>> about words families use among themselves that people outside don't get
>>>>> because they're "family" words, mostly made up within the family,
>>>>> sometimes
>>>>> by the children when they are small and sometimes otherwise.
>>>>> 
>>>>>