Ca-booth: noun. The small, four-sided room in which one visits animals at a pet store or animal shelter. Caboose + Booth.
Clerk-u-ler: noun. The worker who one pays when finishing one’s shopping. Clerk + Customer.
Com-par-i-ment: noun. The act of assessing two things side by side to determine significant similarities and/or differences. Comparison + Experiment.
Down-er-case: adjective. In bicameral scripts, a small letter. Syn. lowercase, miniscule. Ant. uppercase, majuscule, capital.
Had-ed: auxiliary verb. To require (past tense). Ex. I haded to eat my dinner. Syn. had. Because everyone knows you add an -ed to make a verb past tense.
Hy-dro-nat-ed: adjective. The state of having adequate water in an object. Not to be confused with hydrogenated.
Neat-o-er: adjective. Comparison of neato, with neato-est as superlative. Of superior neato-ness. More neato. Syn. niftier. Ant. boringer.
O-ver-rupt: verb. To cover or stop a thing by overpowering its sound. Overpower + Interrupt
O-ver-tast-ing: adjective. That which overpowers or overcomes, particularly with regard to the olfactory sense.
Per-cep-tion: noun. A social event held for the purpose of celebrating a specific occasion, typically a wedding. Syn. party, soirée, bash, reception.
Pred-at: noun. A creature that is hunted for food. Syn.prey.
Rip-en-er: adj. Mature, as in produce. Comparative of ripe.
Snuv: noun. Insect larva. Syn. Grub. Ant. Anything on earth deserving of mercy.
Son-shine: noun. The male offspring of a parent. A male person adopted as a son.
Tan-te: noun. An explosive, often taking the form of a stick. Syn. dynamite, trinitrotoluene, TNT.
Two-ith:adjective. Immediately following the first. An ordinal number for two. Syn. second.
Un-rase: verb. To make new by clearing existing marks. Undo + Erase
Weird-wolf: noun. A shapeshifting folkloric wolf who does odd things, i.e. howl at the moon, bite unsuspecting humans, fear silver. Syn. Werewolf. Lycanthrope.
Well-ly: adverb. To do something with a high degree of quality. Because even a toddler knows that adverbs end in -ly.
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This is the most awesome dictionary ever.
Thanks, Shannon! It makes me giggle whenever she makes up a new word. So glad you appreciate it!
I would love to borrow this idea for my kidlings 🙂 I have a video of him making up his own country and language. Hilarious.
If I were to create a EuroDictionary – words/expressions invented in our bilingual household – and linked it back to you as the inspiration, would you like/dislike it?
Like! I think it is a great idea, Shannon. Let me know when you have it up. I can’t wait to check it out.
Ta da! http://eurolinguiste.wordpress.com/eurodictionary/
Horray!
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Alice is the neat-o-est.
I wholeheartedly agree. Thanks for noticing. 😉
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Amazing.
🙂 Thanks again! She makes my life amazing. The least I can do is share some of her gems.
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Looolllll I almost woke my sleeping toddler up *laughing out loud*! Hilarious vocabulary she has 😉 Thanks for sharing ❤
Any time. 😉 She is a hoot. You’ve got all kinds of fun in store with that toddler of yours. Enjoy every minute. Well… enjoy the minutes that don’t involve tantrums, wet pants, and public meltdowns. Those minutes are the ones you will miss.
Cheers!
Ha! this is fabulous!
I love the dictionary, many times I’ve thought to record what’s said, good for you in doing so!
cheers.
LOL! These are great! This should be a requirement for all parents to keep track of their kids own personal language. I know my kids would get a kick out seeing them later on. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Fantastic! Please continue to collect these, because I want to buy the book.