Malady is a Mighty Hunter and a Great Slayer of Tiny Beasts. All last night I could hear him galloping around, smiting (or as we like to say, smoting) little creatures. Then he took a Mighty Poop.
This morning there were what we call interns on the floor. An intestine (pronounced in-TES-tyne) and a stomach, Thom said.
It’s interesting that living with someone for an extended period of time, you start to invent words for things, or to use existing words in different ways. Smoting and interns and intestyne being the examples here. I do think most of the words we’ve invented to tend to refer to the cat. He’s got myriad nicknames (such as Mem and Mallomort) and words for things he does (when sleeping, if he rolls over so that his belly is up, we say The cat has turned).
There are many other odd turns of phrase and spoonerisms we use without even really thinking about them. Do you do this too?
Filka said,
December 28, 2008 at 8:45 pm
I have myself endevoured to reshape language to fit my understanding – My cats name is Momo – but he gets called a number of names to fit the mood he or i are in – ie – When he is acting superior he gets called ‘Mr Swee’ – My boyfriend and i make up songs….reword the songs to make fun of Momo – I haven’t ever really thought about it too much but i just assume everybody has these quirks in some way
curiousumbrella said,
January 4, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Haha, one of my best friends’ names is Momo. (Or, rather, that’s what I call her. Her real name is Maureen.)
Filka said,
January 14, 2009 at 9:32 pm
Later i found out that ‘Momo’ is also a brand of steering wheels for cars – specifically racing cars…I think they are Italian…
Meredith said,
February 13, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Alex and I do this a shameful amount. It began with purposeful mispronunciations, and moved on to new words, names, songs, and inside jokes that have been going on for years. It is a danger for those of us who do not want to be one of “those couples”, but play with language all the time already.
Also, I miss updates about your life. Tell me of your latest endeavors, mishaps, adventures, and sagas.