Write a letter, to anyone. Sister, parent, crazy driver, boss who is requesting ridiculous things that make you wonder his ability to breath every day.
Here is mine for the week, I got the idea this morning, while waking up my daughter.
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Dear Dictionary.com,
Why would you not have come up with a harder word for, “No”
How about changing it to “Balthazar” or “vista”…. ?
I would have no issue saying, “Balthazar, Issa, you may not have another cookie.” OR “Vista! We do NOT hit our sister!”
Why?
Why would I want to change a word we have been using for years? Why must I rock the boat and try to be a naysayer?
My 14 month old daughter has found the word.
Because my 14 month old wakes up in the morning and says it, the whole time I am changing her diaper and getting her ready for the sitters, toddling around the house with a bottle she mutters it under her breath, eating dinner it comes out between bites of food. She says it the whole drive to her father’s house and even when I pick her up the next morning.
Apparently she has posted claim on the word, because when *I* use it on her, she cries, screams and tries to hit me. Did you give her that permission? Is this her way of copywriting this word?
Please reconsider this word, I am willing to offer up some alternatives to the short, easily repeated word so that mother’s everywhere can breathe a sigh of relief!
Would Scumodofage work?
~Mommy tired of hearing the word No~
~Mommy tired of saying the word No~
7 comments:
BAHAHAAHAH!!!!
Hilarious!!!! LMAO ... this is genuis, Lilith ... Maybe she feels she invented the word and cries because she feels people should give her $2 every time they say it.
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Too funny!! I'm with you on this one! My 18 month old has also start wagging her finger at me and shaking her head to the point where I think she's going to injure herself!
I think I am going to start using "Mama" in place of "No" for her..she wont say it anyway..no matter how much I coax her to! :)
LOL! I love it! I would definitely use scumodofage. Sounds... almost like a bad word, which I want to say anyway when he starts saying "no no no no no!" The sound of the word might even make him giggle, which is a great distraction from whatever issue we're "arguing" about. :)
Way too funny! I remember hating this word, as well. Luckily Kelsie has gotten out of the stage of telling us no, at least for most of the time. *smiles*
Great letter!!
So true! How is it every word in the English language has a synonym except this one--one that is used so very, very often!
(hey, just wanted to drop you a note to say "hi" and let you know I was thinking about you!!. xoxo. -n.)
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