# Family-isms

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-isms/70985>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 2, 2001, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-isms/70985 "2001-07-02T17:18:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Suo\_Na](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Suo\_Na](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suo_Na)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-isms/70985/41 "2001-07-07T03:28:54Z")

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The most common in my family are:

mokajo = remote control  
prinnles = Pringles (chips)  
pritiful = pretty, beautiful  
perkick = perfect  
lallo = yellow

They all came from my brother, who had a tongue too big for his mouth, so had problems with certain phonemes. The best, however, is “chocolate bucket” which refers to the Czech Republic. My sister and I tried for about five minutes to figure out what he was saying that sounded like “chocolate bucket”. Finally he got frustrated enough to yell out “Where Mom lives!” The Czech Republic has been the “Chocolate Bucket” ever since, much to the confusion of various friends and relatives.

A more complete list can be found [here](http://www.tenletters.com/cheryl/Peter_Rosbak.html).

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**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2001, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/family-isms/70985/42 "2001-07-07T05:48:39Z")

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I just remembered another one.

Combination dinner = leftovers

It is _never_ leftovers in Grandma’s house it’s a combination dinner.

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