We've all been there. You are having a conversation and would like to discuss something but the word you are looking for has escaped you. It could be something complex like 'tetrahedron' or something simple like 'squirrel', but either way, you just can't remember the word! So what do you do? Give up on the conversation? Or get creative and try to carry on? I recently found an article where people described some creative words or phrases they came up with when the actual word escaped them. Enjoy!
- Boyfriend's mother once referred to a peacock as a disco chicken.
- Couldn't remember groomsmen, went with dudesmaids instead.
- I forgot the word for ‘exterminator’ so I used ‘ant exorcist’ instead.
- My friend couldn't remember the word "cow" for some reason, so she googled "moo beast" to remember.
- Christmas Llama instead of reindeer.
- Once when my husband was on pain meds (after having surgery), he asked for a "cylindrical water storage device." Cup. He wanted a cup.
- I can't remember who said it, but ever since I heard a person call a cupcake a party muffin they are permanently renamed in my mind.
- At Target, I asked for "a can of bug-murder". I forgot "insecticide" or even "bug spray".
- Couldn't remember the word Athlete so I went with Sportician.
- My buddy once referred to an air horn as 'spray scream'.
- When my sister was young, she didn't know the word "cemetary" so she just called it a "dead-people field".
- Sausage tweezers. My husband wanted me to pass him the cooking tongs.
- At one point I started googling "map of the year" because my brain short-circuited and I couldn't recall the word "calendar".
- My buddy couldn't find the world for lungs, came up with breath sacks.
- I once referred to a flyswatter as a "bug spatula" when the name escaped me .
- Breakfast soup. (The word he was looking for was cereal.)
- I couldn’t think of the word “robe” so I asked a friend if they’d seen my “towel jacket.”
- I met this french girl on a recent trip, and she called it a "muscle hangover", when looking for the word sore.
- I once called toothpaste "tooth soap" because it was 8 am and I was not ready for life.
- I once called the Navy "the aqua army".
- Years ago my boyfriend and I were super baked and he was just like "okay so I know this probably isn't the right word, but can you hand me the volume squirter" he meant tv remote, but the new name stuck. Since then we've always referred to it as a volume squirter.
- My unmedicated ADHD (while preggo) caused my mouth to outpace my vocabulary quite often. I wish I could remember more of them, but my husband won't let me live down "time circle." I meant clock.
- Called a labcoat a Science Vest.
- My little brother who was around 6 at the time really wanted popcorn, and he asked if he could have some of the "boom puffs."
- Called a fan the air blender.
- When my girlfriend was stoned she asked "how do I turn on the umbrella sticks" when talking about windshield wipers
- Didn't know what to call people from Japan as a kid so I decided on "Japanicans".
- A friend of mine once said "plane station" instead of airport
- My friend couldn't remember the word "cauldron" one Halloween and referred to it as a "witch bucket."
- My best flub was when I couldn't remember the word for water, so I called it drinking fluid.
- My boyfriend does this all the time. My favourite ever was "oil boiled" for deep fried but others have included "letter house" (envelope), "potato claws" (kitchen tongs) and "bread cooker" (toaster).
- My boyfriend once referred to grapes as "wine berries".
