We all know kids are famous for their creativity and amazing imaginations. If we never stopped viewing the world through the lens of a child, it would be a very different place. But thankfully, anyone who is a parent, works with children, or gets to hang out with their loved ones’ little ones has a small window into their brilliant minds. Recently, one uncle, Dedrick Flynn, shared a TikTok explaining how impressed he was that his niece referred to aquariums as “water zoos”. This sparked a trend of other users revealing all of the genius names their children have come up with for everyday items and places, and some of them are hilariously accurate.
We’ve gathered some of our favorite ‘alternative names’ down below, so that you can add them to your own vocabulary. Channel your inner child for this list and keep an open mind because you might be blown away by what these little ones have come up with, and be sure to upvote the phrases you want added to Webster’s Dictionary. Keep reading to also find an interview we were lucky enough to receive from Dedrick Flynn, and then if you’re interested in checking out a previous Bored Panda article on the same topic, we recommend reading this one next.
This uncle recently started a trend online where adults share the best ‘alternative names’ they have heard kids come up with for everyday things
#1
My daughter called a graveyard a “people garden” she was only 2
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#2
My coworkers granddaughter called seagulls “ beach chickens”
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#3
When my daughter was a toddler she called tears “PANIC WATER”. I mean u ain’t wrong sis
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#4
Wait until they call a rhinoceros a battle unicorn.
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#5
They have an amazing way of looking at the world. My granddaughter calls funerals heaven parties
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#6
My cousin called a mechanic a “car doctor” and I’ve never been the same since.
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#7
My daughter didn’t know the word for thirsty so she said she was “water hungry”
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#8
My cousin didn’t know how to tell me she had a dream so she said “the story behind my eyes when I’m asleep”
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#9
my daughter called a vending machine a “food ATM” once because she couldn’t think of what it was really called.
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#10
My daughter called mosquitoes “vampire bugs”
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#11
My cousin calls the airport the “plane station”
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#12
My daughter called the Zoo “Animal Jail” when she was 5 and I’ve been fuqqed up about zoos ever since.
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#13
My youngest son would call any pants that weren’t shorts, “long sleeve pants”
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#14
I forgot to teach my kid what an owl was – he called them wood penguins ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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#15
My little sister heard crickets outside and was trying to describe it to me… She said you know that noise when someone tells a joke and nobody laughs
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#16
Like the little kid that called the dragonfly a “baby helicopter”
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#17
My son called an exclamation mark a loud period when he was in kindergarten
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#18
My son asked for a sandwich on raw toast. Bread, he meant bread
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#19
My son calls cupcakes “party muffins”
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#20
My daughter would call Churches “Jesus Stores”
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#21
when I was pregnant, my daughter called my tummy the baby house
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#22
My friends kids called hand sanitizer- Hanitizer.. and that made complete sense to me lol
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#23
My daughter calls the grocery store, the food maze
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#24
ambulance = boo boo truck
leaves – tree feathers
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#25
my daughter called humidity “chunky air” today…
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#26
my daughter called gray. light black
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#27
My son said the Navy was made up of “water soldiers”. And my mind was blown
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#28
My kids call their robes “Pajama Jackets” it’s my fave
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#29
My son calls Beef Jerky, Meat Candy
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#30
my son called lasagna, a pasta cake!
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#31
My son calls knuckles Finger Elbows
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#32
my daughter use to call butterfly’s beauty flies
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#33
My niece brushes her hair into a bunny-tail because her hair doesn’t look like a pony’s tail..
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#34
My daughter calls tongs “salad tweezers”
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#35
My daughter called a parasailer a human kite.
Image source: https://www.tiktok.com/@jpfrederick1898, Ylanite Koppens
#36
My son calls clouds sky ghosts
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#37
Burps= mouth farts. Took me forever to figure out what my toddler meant when he said “I farted out my mouth”
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#38
My granddaughter called condensation water dust
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#39
When our grandfather passed in May my little cousin said he was now in his ‘forever sleep’
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#40
my friend’s daughter use to say “one body instead of somebody” when she needed help. Can onebody get me some water please…
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#41
A kid I know called the previews at a movie, the appetizers
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#42
My son says chompsticks instead of chopsticks and stunk instead of skunk
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#43
My seven-year-old niece calls French toast sticks “syrup fries”
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#44
My nephew called an octopus a Snake Turtle and I haven’t gotten over it in 10 years.
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#45
Lol my daughter calls quesadillas a spanish grilled cheese
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#46
Welp…my kid called a jet ski a motorcycle boat
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#47
my nephew calls fire trucks water trucks, it’s way more accurate and I think he’s going to be a genius
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#48
Cashews = smile peanuts
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#49
My daughter called her ankle her “foot waist”
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#50
One time I told my son I don’t have money for something and he told me to get some from the “money box”. He was talking about the ATM.
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