My daughter keeps saying "mink mink".
By liquorice
@liquorice (3887)
July 26, 2008 9:36am CST
What does it mean?
She's two and a half and she can speak pretty well, yet she's started saying this all the time. When I ask her what it means she says "mink mink!", as if I'm pretty stupid. I asked her if anyone on television says it and she says no, and when I ask her who says it then, she says "ME!".
She obviously likes saying it, and maybe finds it a funny thing to say, (and it is quite funny - I guess!)
Anyone know what it means?
Do your kids have (or did they used to have) any made-up words?
Did you later find out why they said them, or that they actually meant something after all? lol! 
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4 responses
@umart13 (841)
• Ireland
26 Jul 08
Hi liquorice, I love your name :-) If you say the words "mink mink" quickly, it sounds just like the sound that the Road Runner used to make in the cartoons. Has your daughter seen the Road Runner. It could also be the sound of a car horn, or a toy: Beep! Beep! "Meep! Meep!" would be easier for a kid to say. Try the word Obama and see what sort of reaction you get :-) Apparently it is very polular with babies!
Regards
Umart
@liquorice (3887)
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26 Jul 08
Ha ha! I knew it reminded me of something! But no, she's never watched Roadrunner. She'd probably like it though as he says similar things to her.
Yes, she's quite into trains, so maybe it's some kind of train or car noise.
She'd probably like the word Obama, she'd probably like it. That's intersting that it's popular with babies! Thanks for your answer.
Yes, she's quite into trains, so maybe it's some kind of train or car noise.
She'd probably like the word Obama, she'd probably like it. That's intersting that it's popular with babies! Thanks for your answer.2 people like this
@highlyclever (1111)
• United States
28 Jul 08
LOL. My son had a phrase that we could not figure out for the longest time. He would say: "Bourbon! Bourbon!"
He took an early interest in cars, and so we would stand at the window and point out the trucks, cars, semi-trucks, vans, etc. That would drive by. One day, he pointed excitedly to a vehicle and said, "Bourbon! Bourbon!" And then we knew that he meant: "suburban".
Similarly, we would read books to my daughter, and she went through a phase of saying that, whatever book we would happen to read to her, it was written "by Kee-kee Whoa!" Then one day, when we opened a particular "Dora the Explorer" book, sure enough, it was written "by Kiki Thorpe".
@liquorice (3887)
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6 Aug 08
Ah, so in both cases you found out what they meant in the end! It's like solving a big mystery isn't it? I'm impressed that she know who wrote Dora the Explorer, lol!
Actually, today my mum came round and my daughter kept asking her if she'd got an 'openi cut', and we were very confused for a while, maybe she thought that my mum had cut herself or something? But then I remembered that the last time my mum came round she'd brought her an apricot, and this is what she was asking about, lol!
We still don't know what mink mink means, although maybe one day we'll find out about that too!
@academic2 (7000)
• Uganda
26 Jul 08
LOOOOOL! Know what? in my language "ming" means stupid!! LOL! Anyway, I think she is just learning to speak and very soon she will straighten up her speech! You dont need to worry at all! Keep engaging her to speak well though, if necessary see a speech therapist!
@liquorice (3887)
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26 Jul 08
That's funny, she must think I'm stupid then, lol! What language is that?
Yes, I'm not worried. It's just strange because she can speak pretty well already, but now she seems like she's inventing words and beginning to say things that don't make sense, (not to anyone else anyway!) Maybe she's inventing a whole new language, or she's speaking one that I don't know about.
Thanks for your answer.
Thanks for your answer.
@SusanLee (1920)
• United States
26 Jul 08
lol, I have no idea what she could be saying.
I know children can come up with strange pronunciations for words when they're learning to talk.
It sounds like a word she must just like.
My son somehow tagged my sister with Aunt Wee wee, to this day we don't where he got that from, we would say Aunt Sharon, how did he get Wee wee out of Sharon?
Mink mink is cute, maybe you just need to watch her close and see what she's doing when she's using the word.
@liquorice (3887)
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26 Jul 08
Lol! Yes, she must like the sound of it!
I like Aunt Wee wee, that's funny, . I bet your sister was really pleased about that! Were you toilet training at the time? ('Wee wee' is the same as 'pee' if you're British - but you might know that already).
Yes, I try to see if she says it when she's doing a particular thing, but it just seems to be random, and sometimes when she's got nothing better to do!
Thanks for your answer.
. I bet your sister was really pleased about that! Were you toilet training at the time? ('Wee wee' is the same as 'pee' if you're British - but you might know that already).
Yes, I try to see if she says it when she's doing a particular thing, but it just seems to be random, and sometimes when she's got nothing better to do!
Thanks for your answer.