27 Funny Posts About What Kids Call Things
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........





















Toi Staff
Gideon Levy
Tarik Cyril Amar
Stefano Lusa
Mort Laitner
Sabine Sterk
Robert Sarner
Andrew Silow-Carroll
Ellen Ginsberg Simon
Constantin Von Hoffmeister
Mark Travers Ph.d