Caroline Bologna is a senior lifestyle reporter at HuffPost. She began her career with the Webby Award-winning HuffPost Parents team before transitioning to HuffPost Life, where she now covers topics ranging from home and wellness to relationships and personal finance.
Children don’t always know the dictionary-official words for things, but the alternative terms and phrases they come up with are often even better than the real ones. That’s why many parents and caregivers take to platforms like Threads and X to share the funniest malapropisms and creative turns of phrase they’ve heard from kids.
Below, we’ve rounded up 27 hilarious examples, from “cloud adventures” to “a Moroccan troll.”My 7yo asked if we had any"school pens" and it took me a minute longer than I care to admit to figure out he meant pencils My 2 year old refers to Kit Kats as “Kitty Kats” thus all but guaranteeing that she will get one anytime she asks.My 7-year-old refers to his eyelids as"eyecaps" and I will glare very menacingly at anyone who corrects him because it is such a perfect word. The 3yo refers to any time in the future as “in the noon” and I will not be correcting him because it’s adorable. My 3yo got her first romper and she calls it “the pants that go all the way up.” Apparently she explained it to her aunt as, “They’re pants, but they go all the way up so you don’t have to wear a shirt.”By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. You are also agreeing to our
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