If you lived through the era of acid washed jeans and gigantic shoulder pads you likely remember Sniglets -- "words that don't appear in the dictionary but should." An old book of Sniglets still sits on our bookshelf and is a quaint reminder of the time before snark and the Internet took over our lives. The entries are cute and clever, kind of like those emailed jokes people send us that are sort of funny but not really worth forwarding to everyone in your address book.
Here's a pitch for a Sniglet-esque book that applies to life with children:
If you love someone who has kids in their life (parent, teacher, babysitter, coach, aunt, uncle) Check out The KidDictionary: Words To Describe Kids. Because wrangling kids is hard. Describing it doesn't have to be. The KidDictionary presents helpful words like these:
PILLOWJACKER (n.): A child who manages to weasel his way into his parents' bed for the night.
SHIRTURBED (adj.): Annoyed state of a kid who just received an article of clothing as a present.
MONOPOLOOZE (v.): To intentionally lose board game to unsportsmanlike child.
CRYDENTITY CRISIS (n.):The silence that falls over a group of moms at a play date when a cry is heard in the next room and they are all determining if the crying child is theirs.
THREEMAGEDDON (n.): The hellfire that would allegedly erupt if an angry mom got to 3 when counting out loud to prompt their child to get their act together.
SCOOZER (n.): A child who only has something to say to you when you're on the phone or in the shower
CARDBOREDOM (adj.) A child's tendency to ignore a new toy and instead play with the box it came in.
There are hundreds more. To see funny videos giving further looks inside "The KidDictionary: Words Parents Need To Describe Kids," and learn more, please visit www.TheKidDictionary.com .
