Buttcheekola
If you are at our house these days (circa March 2018), there is one word and only one word that matters--buttcheekola.
Isaac had a bit of potty talk working its way into his vocabulary. This meant that Ethan was also getting an injection of potty talk. At some point Bianca and I decided that we needed to give them a word, not an actual bad word, but a word that they felt was a potty word. This way they can "swear" without swearing. They get the thrill of profanity without being profane.
After making the terms of the deal clear with the boys, they picked a word Isaac made up: buttcheekola.
So now if you poke your head in at dinner time or just randomly listen in on our conversation in the car, you will hear the word "buttcheekola" more than 100 times an hour. Isaac is a buttcheekola, Ethan is a buttcheekola. Isaac is mad that Ethan called him a buttcheekola. Ethan is furious because he is NOT a buttcheekola. Its a swear, an exclamation, a joke--everything that little boys want and it is all found in one made up word. Its just scandalous enough that it SOUNDS bad, but no one on Earth would mistake it for an actual swear word.
In a word, buttcheekola is perfect. A solution to many problems for both parents and kids, all in a single four syllable word.
Isaac had a bit of potty talk working its way into his vocabulary. This meant that Ethan was also getting an injection of potty talk. At some point Bianca and I decided that we needed to give them a word, not an actual bad word, but a word that they felt was a potty word. This way they can "swear" without swearing. They get the thrill of profanity without being profane.
After making the terms of the deal clear with the boys, they picked a word Isaac made up: buttcheekola.
So now if you poke your head in at dinner time or just randomly listen in on our conversation in the car, you will hear the word "buttcheekola" more than 100 times an hour. Isaac is a buttcheekola, Ethan is a buttcheekola. Isaac is mad that Ethan called him a buttcheekola. Ethan is furious because he is NOT a buttcheekola. Its a swear, an exclamation, a joke--everything that little boys want and it is all found in one made up word. Its just scandalous enough that it SOUNDS bad, but no one on Earth would mistake it for an actual swear word.
In a word, buttcheekola is perfect. A solution to many problems for both parents and kids, all in a single four syllable word.