It's really hard to be taken serious when your kid has a better vocabulary than you...This exchange really happened when I was trying to pin my son down about why he hadn't done his chores.
Me: Did you do your chores?
Monkey: What?
Me: I said did you do your chores?
Monkey: Huh?
Me: Turn off the game and answer me!
Monkey: Hold on I gotta finish this level.
Me: Turn it off....*Through gritted teeth*
Monkey: K geesh
Me: Can you hear me now?
Monkey: Mmmhmmm
Me: Did you do your chores?
Monkey: Yes
Me: All of them? Are you sure?
Monkey: Yeah
Me: Really...Cuz I noticed that the bathroom still has laundry in the floor and the Kitchen has NOT been swept...
Monkey: Oh K I'll do it.
Me: Why did you Lie to me it's not like I won't notice?
Monkey: I don't like the word lie.... I prefer prevaricate...
Me: Go do your chores....*sneaking off to check the online dictionary*
Prevaricate: prevaricate ( ) intr.v. , -cated , -cating , -cates . To stray from or evade the truth; equivocate. See synonyms at lie.
It's true you really do learn something new every day....
Julie
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