Tuesday
May222012
A selection of words my 9-year-old finds inappropriate and/or hilarious
May 22, 2012Ball
Sack
Bag
Thing
Dinghy
Stick
Weiner (obvious)
Wean
Peony
Ball-peen hammer
Peeve
Pretty much any word that contains the sound "pee"
Crack
Hole
Naked
Nude
Hot
Bang
Boob (I meant it like "fool"! LIKE FOOL!)
Bra
Breast (preceding it with "chicken" only makes it funnier)
Make out (like, "How'd you make out with that assignment?")
But
Butt
Butte
Panty
Girlfriend
(Why yes, I am living in a Matt Groening cartoon.)
Reader Comments (34)
I remember being in 5th grade and no one could say "pencil" or "eraser" without being accused of having a dirty mind. It's like the part of the brain that understands blue humor just starts to cement around that age.
If Panty is an issue, what about Pantry or Pastry?
My daughter claims her Spanish teacher pronounces Philippines Feel-a-Penis. I am not sure how true this is, but I am extremely tempted to ask him, you know, in general conversation that would normal include Philippines, to say Philippines. Two weeks ago we were in Alabama at space camp. One of the older employees, unfortunately for her, fully unaware, said to the group after we'd built rockets, "Let's go bust off your rockets." I have never once heard the deafening howl of laughter of so many sixth grade boys at once.
Well, then, he's thoroughly prepared for a career in morning drive radio...
My son made up a new song the other day that goes-
nude nude naked boy naked boy naked boy
Over and over and he's naked and smacking himself on the butt
Your son would probably think it was funny. I know I did
Funny, that's the same list my 39-year-old husband finds hilarious.
Kidding . . . but only sort of. I can't say normal things like "wet" without him snickering like a little boy, and I think "boob" is his favorite word ever.
My husband has always hated the word "fable." It's not dirty, just strange. Say it a few times and you will understand.
You're funny... "Life in Hell"-kind-of-funny! ~hee
I have a new student, a fifth grader who giggles at anything containing the sound "pee" as well. Or but. Or, since he has poor phonemic awareness, bet, bat, or bit. It's all butt to him.
Consider yourself lucky. I had 3 teenaged boys at one time. It was a never ending episode of Beevis and Butthead, for years. And, my husband wasn't much better. I got even though, I went on to have 5 girls and we get a kick out of talking about bras and periods in front of him.
What about duty? Nobody can say duty in my house without causing a ruckus. And for all you Canadians, I recently had to teach a grade 10 history class in which I used both the words Regina and Joey Smallwood. hysterical.
These pretty much ARE the funniest words in the world, ever. My 9 y.o. daughter cracks her ass up whenever she hears 'ball'- it's new, too.
Lb: DUTY. How could I have forgotten DUTY?!?!
I feel sick.
Cindy: Pretty sure that would be Henry's favorite song ever.
Let's face it: "duty" is the funniest word in the English language.
See, I am told every day which words *I* say that are inappropriate.
Nuts is one that always gets a laugh around here, especially paired with other words like "sneaky" and "stinky."
What about "booty" as in pirate treasure? My 4-year-old finds that word hilarious, and he enjoys sticking his butt in his sister's face, saying "booty in your face." Classy.
I'm clearly going to have to amend this post.
Yes to nuts. (That sentence alone would cause Henry to keel over from glee.) And booty! OF COURSE!
What? No "pianist"?
My nine-year-old likes to ask, "What do you call a person who plays the piano?" I fell for it once. ONCE. I won't be fooled again.
That is an awesome list.
LOL I love this list. Some of my coworkers and friends have a very similar list. I guess we are still kids at heart.
I am an Elementary PE teacher, I have to say BALLS in front of 9 and 10 year old boys everyday and we all laugh when I forget to put basket or volley or tennis in front of ball!! It's halarious!! Great list!!
My son, who is 4, likes 'fart' and 'turd'. No surprise there.
Ok, I thought that was hilarious too. But I wouldn't tell my 9-year-old son that.
He'd get along great with my husband.