Dad's Nads

Kid:  I had a dream I was golfing with Dad and I did my backswing and I hit Dad in the nads.

Me:  Excuse me?  Nads?  Where did you learn that word?

Kid:  From Dad.

Me:  Okay.

This is proof that it’s not always me that expands their vocabulary.  It is a little surprising that he taught her that word.  He is usually saying words that you only read, not words that people actually say, like sesquipedalian.

Sometimes we’ll be chatting and he’ll pop out a word…

Me:  Dude, nobody says that word.  How do you even know how to pronounce it?  People only read that word and I usually skip over it because I have no idea what it means.  Like the word, “perspicacious”, couldn’t you just say, “keen”?  “He has a keen sense of vision”, not “He has a perspicacious sense of vision”.  Why on earth did you use that word?

Thomas:  The word just fits. 

Me:  Okay. 

This is the thing, he’s not even snooty.  He doesn’t walk around speaking all pretentiously, obviously, he taught my daughter “nads”.  He reads A LOT.  I guess you pick up big college words when you read and write all the time.  That is his job, after all.

I’ve picked up words from my profession.  The most important word…Vagina!  Once again, I am going to be an awesome Grandma!