[Magdalen] All in the family

[Jay Weigel]

Renee reminds me of another one--"helipopper" for helicopter.

On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 11:06 PM, Molly Wolf <lupa at kos.net> wrote:

> "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
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > 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.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
>