‘That whoa-whoa is chasing the hodgie!’ Your household’s familect can strengthen bonds and develop language skills.
Every family has a secret language. Experts call it ‘familect.’
The memory and meaning in our weird, family-specific words, often born of the wild minds of children.
Familect
Familects often gain vocabulary through the words young children create as they learn to talk, when these words are adopted by the family.[1][2] Familects also gain vocabulary through slips of the tongue and word invention.[3]
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A "familect" is a family's own private language. The word comes from a blend of "family" and "dialect."
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