What are the four words that you use MOST every day? This was a question we saw posed on The Punch last week. Their reply:
coffee, comments, news.com.au, yarn
The entire editorial team were quick to come up with their own four words. Although we didn’t really need to be told. We hear them often enough already.
So, the four words we use most every day:
Mia – tea, phone, tweet, babe
Lana – post, publish, post-its, hungry
Rick – dinosaur, numpty, typo!, news
Nicky – like, coffee, baby, sleep
Lucy – Melbourne, whoops, gallery, honey
Nat -Â bus, pony, water, crackers
What are the four words that you use most every day?
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Hurry. Shit. Sweetheart. No.
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‘good evening warragul thai this is laura.’
more than four but easily used 100′s of times a night !
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Shit !
Fuck !
No !
Please….
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bubbaloo, love, kisses, poo
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shit, fuck, bed, coffee
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law, tired, no, sorry.
OR
is this my life?
hah.
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Chocolate. Lady. Hiyeee. Chocolate.
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Is. It. Hometime. Yet.
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Cat’s out of control!
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I am so tired!
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I just want to know how dinasour can feature in a daily word list?
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We clearly haven’t met!
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dinosaur would be one of my teen boy’s top words also … along with batman and some expletives … :/
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bending the rules slightly to 4 phrases. i work in a call centre – ’nuff said
“fucking idiot”
“i am sorry but…”
“yes, i will get my manager”
“i am sorry for the hold music”
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Put your shoes on!
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What! Love! yes! Sure!
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Use your inside voice
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Stop.
I said Stop.
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Thanks, crap, m’dear, aauugghhhh ……
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Ha. Interesting thought. I definitely use ‘Awesome’, ‘Fantastic’, ‘Lovely’ and ‘Beautiful’ a lot. Especially the first three. I’d never thought of this, but now that I do, it’s strange. I alwayyyyys use those words. Maybe I just think a lot of things are fantastic (They are).
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Leave your penis alone! Said to a three year old, just in case anyone was a leeeeeetle bit worried there…
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No, eatup, c’mon and letsgo
I have 3 young boys – some weekend days (particularly rainy tv days) I find I repeat ad nauseum “hands out of pants”!!!!
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Mine are ‘like’ and ‘I know, right?’
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Sorry, Love, Uni, Eat.
But as of tomorrow I’m hoping Sorry will no longer be leading the list.
Also, Rick – LOVING that you use the word numpty. It’s a greatly underused word that I’d actually completely forgotten about. Tomorrow, EVERYONE shall be a numpty
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“What are you doing?” or “using inside voices please”
Typical Early Childhood Teacher phrases lol
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As another Early Childhood Educator, mine are often:
“Are those gentle hands?” and maybe “Let’s tidy up together!”
To be honest, on some days it might be, “What a crap day!”
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And don’t forget “use your kind words” and on a bad day when out of ear shot of children “anyone got a bullet?” haha
Random phrases that came up today (Kindy room of 3 and 4 year olds) included:
“Why are you putting your knickers in the bin?”
“Have you got playdough up your nose?”
and “We musn’t eat food off the floor”
All in a days work hahaha
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I am an early childhood teacher too but my words are slightly different to yours , haha….see above
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Right now that is easy…. it would be
“Leave your brother alone!”
Normally at work its, “Sorry, Minister, Fuck, No’.
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“Turn it off!” closely followed by…
“Where’s the recharger?”
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Please
Thank you / thanks
Love
You
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Don’t. Stop. No. NO! (or if these 4 are all essentially versions of the same, then add: cherub. Possum. Bubba. )
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Rofl… Sorry, I read this at first as…(imagining a gasping sultry interlude)…,
(no) don’t. stop, no, no…(gasp)….No, babe!
And thought, Wow… The most common 4 words used in a day! Nice
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ah fuck
hungry
sweetie
darling
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Shit, fuck, bloody, hell
(but only when I’m premenstrual)
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Because mummy said so
Reply to the endless “WHY” questions from my 3 year old
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Finn on your bed! (dog)
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Please, thanks, I & you!! How cone no one mentioned manners! Lol
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Fuck
Whateves
Seriously
(to use in a sentence, “fuck!!! Seriously whatevs!!!!!”)
& Ok.
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Shit-it
Fuck-er, -it, -ing asshole, mother fucker etc
C**t – yes I do, deal with it
Yeah-no
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hurry up we’re late!
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“Hello, how are you doing?” (at work- nurse)
“”Far out,” “wine,” “coffee,” and “crap” (at home).
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No, now, eat, love
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no, stoppit, enough!, ffffff….. (the sound you make when you’re trying not to swear in front of the 4 yr old).
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“pull up your pants”
And
“out of your mouth”
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Fuck (or variation of!)
Problem
Listen
Busy.
Can you tell I’m in education?
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Top four:
Hungry. Toilet. Tired. Heartburn.
Followed ever so closely by:
Uncomfortable. Waiting. Nervous. Ouch.
Can you tell I’m 37 weeks pregnant?
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Fuck (or variant)
No
Meeting
Message
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I think my words match yours!
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Put the kettle on
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Cervix, fetus, women, uterus
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Midwife hey?
My work ones are : breastmilk, poo and weight gain (child health)
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Today they were:
I. Hate. My. Job.
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no! baby. sleep. again (as it – that was great/dismal, let’s do it again!)
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thanks guys…
guys…
…thanks
(teacher)
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Also a teacher and I’ll add ‘ok’ to that!
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OK, gawd, no, fuck (or some version of the word)
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To my 6 year old – Have you remembered ….. (add another word)
To my 12 week old – It’s ok, bottle coming
To my husband – Love you, Can you just …. (add task!!)
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Sit Rusty. Good boy.
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pay attention now boys…
Guess what profession I’m in…and where I work?!
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I’m guessing the oldest! lol, no sorry, perhaps the Armed Services or the Prime Minister.
My four words are;
already?, yes, I’ll see.
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Julia? Julia Gillard? Is that you?
Or
Teacher at a boy’s school perhaps?