Yesterday morning I was getting ready for work when Steve encountered me in the bathroom and greeted me with "What doing?" Instead of actually saying "How are you?" or "What are you doing?" it's become a shorthand for both questions, as phrased by 2.5-year-old Paul. I didn't even think twice about it until later on when I realized most people probably don't say "What doing?" (I later told Paul that his dad and I said "What doing?" and then he spent the next few minutes asking us all what doing. (Answers: pouring milk, talking to Paul.)

I asked around and here are some other phrases/words that have become accepted by adults in other people's houses due to their kids' particular phrasing:

"Mazagine," instead of "magazine."

My daughter's signature way of saying that something you're doing is frustrating her is to cry/yell, "STOP doing frustrateds, Mama!" So when my husband is pissing me off, I tell him to stop doing frustrateds.

"Kramote" instead of remote and "bobos" for those things ladies have on their chest.

We have revived some of my tween's babyisms because her baby brother seems to be following in her steps linguistically. The tv is a tt, and hello is uh-wah.

"the day before this day"

Babe-ing suit instead of bathing suit. And for a long time "ummy" instead of yummy.

We say "wha happeen?" And call pacifiers "patis" or "patis-fire."

We say "Untella" instead of "Nutella"

I ask the kids if they would like me to put some abrogado on their tacos (avocado).

"What dis is?"

"Breakfast Hot-Hot" = breakfast sausage. This is a derivative of plain "Hot-Hot" (Hot Dog). Originally created to entice reluctant eaters: "Sausage, it's just like a 'hot-hot' only it's for breakfast - it's Breakfast Hot-Hot!" We've given up 'hot-hot' but somehow, 'breakfast hot-hot' remains the only name for breakfast sausage.

Our kid doesn't get pronouns (esp, when to use "I"), so every time she wants something, she says, "You want carrots," or "You don't want turkey" or whatever. So my husband and I now copy this, e.g. me last night wanting a glass of wine, to my husband, "You want pinot grigio."