The Eastern Spotted Pants Frog

I was inspired to blog this one. For the baby book, you know.

We are really working over time to replace certain uglier portions of our vocabulary with words that are more ... let's say, Disneytastic. I have had fabulous success replacing my previously favorite naughty word with variations of "stink" -- "stink", "stinking", and "stinker". So much cuter, and with at least 75% of the sentiment retained.

For SOME of us (ahemmichaelahem) this mental mouth-cleansing has been more difficult than others. "You a*#hole," says Dada, at a motorist who cuts him off. "You mean, 'big stinker'," I correct. See? it's so versatile! However, I must give Dada credit. Ever the colorful one, he came up with the idea to say "pants frog" instead of "fart".

Usage:
The hubs lets a big one.
Dada: Isaac, did you hear a pants frog?
Isaac: Yup-pee!

At first this went on with Isaac just associating the phrase with a particular sound. But now that he knows what it really is, and where it comes from, he combines ideas. The other day he himself let a loud one while in his car seat. "Mommy!" he exclaimed, "I pooped a pants frog!"