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People have been sharing the quirky names their families have for everyday things – 17 of the best
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For unknown reasons my parents call a dressing gown a “gongle,” when I asked where this came from they have no idea as none of their families know about gongles.
AccomplishedBite974
11.
Cynicalkerfuffle
Via
12.
My mum calls her messy drawer the glory hole. Every time she says it I snigger.
RealSmithShady
13.
A car with only one headlight working is a padiddle. My nephew called one that when he was about 3 and it stuck.
BonnieH1
14.
My dad’s American but lived in the UK almost all his adult life, and he calls random shivers ‘hermywiggles’.
Jasperatu
15.
We have a Welsh dresser that my wife in a moment of Instagram renovation pic induced madness decided to strip and paint a chalky blue colour.
It then became known as the Blue Unit and now is solely referred to as the Bluenit.
“Mum, have you seen my bus pass?”
“Have a look on the Bluenit”
Book_Of_The_Dragon
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As a kid whenever I wanted to watch my parents play tomb raider on the ps1 I’d start saying “play lady jumps” tomb raider is still referred to as “lady jumps” to this day.
Mayflex
17.
Newtman47
Via
BONUS
We call a Kentucky fried chicken bargain bucket the ‘Fuck-it Bucket’. Because it’s only something we buy at the end of a bad week when we really don’t want to cook and there’s no good alternative!
Scapton
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