Rugrats vocabulary

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The babies on the Nickelodeon cartoon Rugrats are known for speaking in somewhat fractured language and mispronouncing many words. The following is a list of some of the words of their baby-talk lexicon.

• "alium" = alien
• "barbecube" = "barbecue"
• "brizzer" = blizzard
• "chimbley" = chimney
• "crumpass" = compass
• "diapie" = diaper
• "dressy" = dress
• "faridgidator" = refrigerator
• "George Washingmachine" = George Washington
• "grasschoppers" = grasshoppers
• "hanksgving" = Thanksgiving
• "hello-phone" = telephone
• "human candyball" = human cannonball
• "kittypillar" = caterpillar
• "leather" = lather
• "lemonlade" = lemonade
• "lizzerty" = liberty
• "lympics" = Olympics
• "Mabel's syrup" = maple syrup
• "mirable" = miracle
• "M&M machine" = ATM machine
• "nakey" = naked
• "Nakey Americans" = Native Americans
• "pamperline" = trampoline
• "porch" = borscht
• "prettiful" = pretty, beautiful
• "sandy man" = Sandman
• "Satchmo" = Sasquatch
• "scrubmarine" = submarine
• "sea money" = sea monkey
• "shampoop" = shampoo
• "sponserbilleries" = responsibilities
• "stewdriver" = screwdriver
• "tangerine" = gangrene
• "teeter-tooter" = teeter-totter
• "thermosflat" = thermostat
• "Wavy Seals" = Navy Seals

[edit] Definitions

The Rugrats occasionally provide their own definitions to words, and explain why things are called what they are.

• "clamquarter" = camcorder

Angelica: When you see it, you...clam up. You don't do anything or make any noise, and...you get a quarter! See? Clamquarter!

• "hair conditioner" = air conditioner

Lil: Why is it called the hair conditioner?
Tommy: Because the cold air comes out and blows my hair!

• "ossopit" = opposite

Tommy: You know, ossopits. Like, big and small...hot and cold...chocolate and medicine....
Phil: Bugs and trucks?

• "nursery party" = anniversary party

Angelica: It's a party to celebrate that you've been friends for a long time, like since nursery school.