Craft Family Dictionary

Like most families we have made up our own words and terms over the years. Here are a few:

1. Volo- this is what we called the symbol on the handicap sign. I think Sarah Margaret started it.
2. Bidawee- the term used for those antennae with the flashing red lights on them. We would always look for them out the car window. I think Dennis also used this term for spiders...
3. Wet- pee, or urine. "Dad, I need to wet." I still think this sounds weird and gross, and Dad still uses it.
4. Badjob- poop; whenever our baby sitter was changing diapers she would say, "This is a bad job" consequently, we thought this was the word for poop and my parents used it to so that just confirmed it. It took me a few years in elementary school to realize that no one else called poop bad job.
5. Spider spittin'- sprinkling rain. A Wanda special
6.Back Back- the trunk of the car. It was always exciting to be able to ride in the back back if we had too many people in the car. because there were no seat belts back there. We liked to live life on the edge.
7. Skin a Rabbit- Mom would say this when she was helping us get dressed. It meant that we needed to put our arms over our heads so she could take off our shirt and put a different one on.
8. Herpentile- Christmas lights that blink and look like they are moving
9. Deesh- a nickname for Dennis
10. Marg, Margwad, Sissen, Smarg, Margalicious, Smaft, Smaggot-all nicknames for Sarah Margaret
11. Sheeshapeesha- to be used instead of "goodness gracious" or "good grief"

These are just some of the things that the Crafts have picked up over the years. Marg and Deesh, feel free to add some, even though you never write on our blog.