My kids like to make up their own words, like “keegher.” But sometime their made-up words sound an awful like words that already exist. Here’s a good example taken from a conversation I had yesterday with Livia.
Livia: Knock, knock.
Mommy: Who’s there?
Livia: Hooker.
(I paused for a second, but decided to go along with the joke.)
Mommy: Hooker who?
Livia: Hooker Mommy!
(Oh, dear.)
Mommy: Um, Livia, what’s a hooker?
Livia: Great and smiley and cute. That’s why I called you that.
She then proceeded to explain knock-knock jokes to me. She told me that first you say “knock, knock,” and then, when the other person answers, you say something funny.
I think she’s got it down!