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bbernardini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-14-07 07:11 AM
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Have you ever heard anybody call a baby's pacifier a "smoker"?
My wife and I were visiting with her dad's parents the other day, and her grandmother repeatedly referred to our son's pacifier as a "smoker." I tried looking up this usage, and all I could find were articles about smokers using pacifiers as an aid in smoking cessation. I'm assuming it's a central Pennsylvania thing, but I thought I'd throw it out there. Anybody ever heard of this usage?
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-14-07 07:51 AM
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1. Nope. In our house it's always been "binky" and "Mr. Binks"... although
my son referred to it (in his loudest 18 month old holler) "BBBBBBIIIIIINNNNNNTTTTT"!!!
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bbernardini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-14-07 10:30 AM
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2. Kick!
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-14-07 10:43 AM
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3. I grew up in Central PA, and never heard that one. "Binky" and "Bippy" were common.
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ceile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-14-07 10:45 AM
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4. That's very odd.
I've never heard that.
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ironflange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-14-07 01:09 PM
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5. We always called them "Nukkers"
Or "Nukkees." That was from the brand name.




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bbernardini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-15-07 07:40 AM
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6. Kick!
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Kutjara Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-15-07 07:49 AM
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7. In the UK, they're called "dummies."
I haven't heard "smokers" before.
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