When it comes to language, kids are endlessly creative.The malapropisms and made-up terms they invent can be hilarious and, at times, downright brilliant. In fact, many parents will tell you they prefer their children’s versions to the originals.Below, we’ve rounded up 30 posts from parents on Threads and X about what kids call things. Enjoy!My 7yo keeps saying pacifically instead of specifically, and he's lucky that's still cute— meghan (@deloisivete) November 19, 2025my son calls seltzer “spicy water” and you can imagine the misunderstandings this is causing— Casey Hewitt (@cahwit) August 24, 2025My 7yo calls the universe the "university" so she'll be like "I love you more than the whole entire university" lmfao— just kayla (@mosgx2) March 6, 2025My 3yo calls the lost and found the “lost fountain” 😍— Divia Eden 🔍 (@diviacaroline) October 18, 2025My toddler calls spaghetti scabies 😭— Brklyn Baby 💅🏻 (@Brklyn1012) November 7, 2025my 7yo calls it the table of continents— 🎅certain🎄planes🍉 (@happier_isles) May 9, 20254yo referred to the frame of a painting as the “crust”— Byrne Hobart (@ByrneHobart) January 28, 2024my son calls the movie toy story “toy chest” lol— mindy🌷 (@mindyisser) November 26, 2025my daughter calls greys anatomy “greys academy” 😂— 𝓟𝒓𝒊𝒏𝓢𝒆𝒔 (@sesleytesfaye) October 28, 2025“Fish with the tails on it”-what my daughter calls shrimp— Tenisha (@makeupnmovement) September 11, 2025Today my 5yo referred to an ATM as a "money hatcher" -- and it keeps making me giggle.— Nancy Groves 👩🏻💻 (@Nancy_Groves) September 8, 2012My 4yo calls tangerines and clementines ‘orange bites’. 🤣Her mind>>>— Princess | Mindfulness | Conscious Parenting (@themultiplemom) September 24, 2025My 2.5YO referred to dancing as “singing with your hands” this morning and I’m not going to refer to it as anything else from now on.— Zak Fisher (@senseshaper) July 16, 2021We made lemonade from scratch and my preschooler calls it “scratchy lemonade”— John Gallagher (@MereSophistry) June 10, 2023My 5 year old calls the game of football in general: “Alabama”.He just walked in the room and said “Dad, what Alabama are you watching this time?”— Cody Raulston 🐘 (@NoogaBammer) September 5, 2025My daughter calls Star Wars movies "Dark sabers movies" 🙃— Glitter Gal (@GlitterPixely) September 18, 20252yo referred to Taco Bell as “the bell store” when we drove by, and I can’t stop smiling— nicole sheets (@heynicolesheets) January 15, 2020my 5yo refers to The Ghostbusters as “the DustBusters” and I guess that kind of works.— kathryn (@carpex3diem19) October 30, 2023Just found out my daughter calls every grown up mommy. She probably thinks it's the name for adults.Therefore I'm not that special.I will be in my bed weeping.— Bellé of the App (@atuhighray) September 6, 2025Close Trending In FamilyMore In Life