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.
- "a sistant" = assistant
- "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.
