Baby Talk Lexicon

Many of us wish somebody would make us talk like this ... here's a bunch of words that every adult baby should have to use all the time. If you have any baby words that aren't on this list, please email me or use the form below and I'll add them.

ba-ba n. Bottle. binkie n. Pacifier. blankie n. Blanket. bo-bo n. Bear, usu. teddy bear boo-boo n.1. Mistake. 2. Injury. bunny n. Rabbit. bye-bye interj. Goodbye. ca-ca n. Feces. chi-chi n. Milk. chip-chips n. Potato chips. da-da n. Father. daddy n. Father. din-din n. Dinner. doggie n. Dog. dolly n. Doll. duckie n. Duck. dydee (also didee) n. Diaper. fishy (also fishie) n. Fish. her pron. 1. Her (first-person singular feminine objective-case pronoun). 2. She (first-person singular feminine nominative-case pronoun). him pron. 1. Him (first-person singular masculine objective-case pronoun). 2. He (first-person singular masculine nominative-case pronoun). hims adj. His (first-person singular masculine possessive adjective). horsie n. Horse. keecat n. Cat. [ < kitty + cat ] keycars n. Car keys.

kitty n. Cat. ma-ma n. Mother. mommy n. Mother. nana n. 1. A nanny, nurse, or nursemaid. 2. Grandmother. night-night n. Sleep. interj. Good night. nima n. Mother. nummy adj. Delicious; good tasting. owie n. Injury. interj. Ouch! panshoo n. Shampoo. panties n. Pants. pa-pa n. Father. pee-pee n. 1. Urine. 2. Penis. Idiom. go pee-pee v. To urinate. po-po n. The posterior, derriere, buttocks. poo-poo n. Feces. Idiom. go poo-poo v. To defecate. potty n. Toilet. puppy n. 1. Dog. 2. (esp. small children) Any four-legged animal. tato n. Potato. tee-tee n. Urine. tummy n. 1. Abdomen. 2. Stomach. tum-tum n. 1. Abdomen. 2. Stomach. tushie n. 1. The posterior, derriere, buttocks. 2. The anus. walkies n. A walk. Idiom. go walkies v. To go for a walk. wa-wa n. Water. wee-wee n. Urine.

Baby talk in general

• Replace "l" and "r" sounds with "w"
• Try not to use forms of "to be": "Ma-ma, I wet"
• Use infinitive forms of verbs; don't change for person, number or tense: "The doggie wun away"
• If you do use tense, be sure to treat irregular verbs as if they were regular: "The doggie wunned away"
• Likewise, treat irregular plurals as if they were regular. "Ma-ma, wook at all the sheeps!"
• Use objective-case pronouns in place of nominative-case: "Her don't know me vewy well, do her?" (Yes, I'm a Warner Bros. cartoon fan.)
• Replace certain multi-syllable words with a doubling of the first syllable, as in "ma-ma," "pee-pee," etc.
• Add a long "e" sound to the end of certain words to make them diminutive, as in "doggie," "duckie," "dolly," etc.
• When a noun acts as an adjective and modifies a second noun, form a single word from the two by putting the modifying noun last. For example, "car keys" becomes "keycars."

Added bonus: How to say "diaper" in different languages

Be a multicultural baby! Help out your fellow ABs when they travel! :) If you know how to say "diaper" in any language that's not here (or if you have corrections for what's here), let me know what the word is (along with the plural, please) by using the form below, and I'll add it on. Big thanks to everybody who's helped so far!

Chinese (Romanization):

niao-ku (in Chinese there is no difference in form between singular and plural)

Dutch:

luier (pl. luiers)

English (UK):

nappy (pl. nappies)

Finnish:

vaippa (pl. vaippoja)

French (Canada):

lange (pl. langes)

French (France):

couche (pl. couches)

German:

Windel (pl. Windeln)

Hebrew (Romanization):

chitul (pl. chitulim)

Italian:

panolino (pl. panolini)

Japanese (Romanization):

omutsu or oshime (in Japanese there is no difference in form between singular and plural)

Norwegian:

bleie (pl. bleier)

Spanish:

pañal (pl. pañales)

Swedish:

blöja (pl. blöjor)

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