Words

[gleckia]

I know it shouldn't be a big deal but... My eldest just used the word *oppressive*. Happily, it was not in response to our parenting techniques.

My baby is growing up!

She thought I was silly. She said, (with typical teen sarcasm) "So?...I used pseudonym yesterday."

To which Bargeral said, "I see you're working on *pretentious* as well."

She had to

Comments

[sprinklekit]

Kashnitzles!! lol!! && Persnickety is a synonym of pretentious!!

[gleckia]

Kashnitzles! is not a real word...yet. work on it.

Yes, persnickity is a synonym of pretentious... so is sprinklekit! ;-D

[gleckia]

Love you sweetie!

[onyxspydyr]

Kashnitzles actually sounds like a yiddish word for something...
As in "I baked a lovely batch of Kashnitzles" or "Back in my day, we had to have Kashnitzles for breakfast every day... and we LIKED it"

[sprinklekit]

I was thinking it was a word to use if ur trying not to swear. lol

[kelsied]

Loosely. But persnickity focuses more on the person being overly picky. And pretentious focuses more on the person being conceited. *grins*

I like kashnitzles though. I agree that it sounds like something you'd say to avoid cussing. *grins*