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Definitions of ‘C’ Words

Camping

1. (n) Homeless emersion program characterized by mosquitoes, tents, sleeping bags, s’mores, and undue proximity to one’s own parents

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Chilly

1. (n) A cold climate or hot bowl of meaty beans depending on how you choose to spell it

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Chicken

1. (n) A flightless creature that says “b’gawk!” 2. (n) An item that tastes mighty fine dunked in catsup, ketchup, or any other tomato based products made by Hunts or Heinz 3. (n) Anything that tastes like frog

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Catsup

1. (n) Presumably made of cats. This organic, nontoxic fingerpaint is used to color fried foods, placemats, shirts, human faces, carpets and curtains

SEE ALSO: FINGERPAINT

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Carry-On

1. (n) Small form of luggage 2. (v) What we do when unhappy

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Counting

1. (v) An impossible, ordered recitation best left to vampire puppets on Sesame Street and persons with an endless number of fingers

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Crawl

1. (v) The act of moving via four limbs used to define one’s transition from tadpole to infant

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Clown

1. (n) The most terrifying creature to roam the earth arguably the very embodiment of pure evil

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Cheese

1. (v) To pose for a picture; i.e., Cheesing for a photo 2. (n) Thin slice of sticky, fatty, orange delight used to stick to things. One popular brand among kids is Silly Putty

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Corn Dog

1. (n) A tasty, meaty dog with a stick, a sweater, and a death sentence

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Corner

1. (n) A two-walled prison used for convicted criminals to serve out their horribly high sentences ranging from one to three minutes in duration

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Car

1. (v) One way to get to the park 2. (n) Point-outable nouns present in every parking lot 3. (n) Hot wheel toy you can demand in supermarkets 4. (n) Toys for boys 5. (n) Tiny, quiet monster trucks 6. (n) A vessel for transitory bye-bye 7. (v) A means of going somewhere more or less fun than where we are now 8. (v) Means of taking a road trip

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Cry

1. (v) The biological response noted by whine and teardrops 2. (n) Device used to increase empathy and favor 3. (n) State artificially induced to curry favor of the flavor of ice cream or other such favors for reasons very real and/or imagined

SEE ALSO: WHINE

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Collectables

1. (n) Toys of pristine condition not intended for play without an expected time-out or spanking 2. (n) Mom and Dad’s toys that no one is allowed to play with, not even mom and dad

SEE ALSO: TOY

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Candy

1. (n) Sweets, popsicles, chocolate, sweet-and-sour chicken, and all other foods with 15-101% sugar by volume (with a margin of error of +/-)

SEE ALSO: POPSICLE

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Cake

1. (n) An edible birthday candle holder 2. (n) A sticky, messy pillow 3. (n) The object of a smitten lover’s confection

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