Rugrats vocabulary

The babies on the Nickelodeon cartoon Rugrats are known for speaking in somewhat fractured language and mispronouncing many words. The following is a list of some of the words of their baby-talk lexicon.
* "a sistant" = assistant
* "alium" = alien
* "antelope" = envelope
* "barbecube" = barbecue
* "brizzer" = blizzard
* "chimbley" = chimney
* "crumpass" = compass
* "diapie" = diaper
* "dressy" = dress
* "faridgidator" = refrigerator
* "George Washingmachine" = George Washington
* "grasschoppers" = grasshoppers
* "hanksgving" = Thanksgiving
* "hello-phone" = telephone
* "human candyball" = human cannonball
* "kittypillar" = caterpillar
* "leather" = lather
* "lemonlade" = lemonade
* "lizzerty" = liberty
* "lympics" = Olympics
* "Mabel's syrup" = maple syrup
* "mirable" = miracle
* " machine" = ATM machine
* "nakey" = naked
* "Nakey Americans" = Native Americans
* "pamperline" = trampoline
* "porch" = borscht
* "prettiful" = a portmanteau of "pretty" and "beautiful"
* "sandy man" = Sandman
* "Satchmo" = Sasquatch
* "scrubmarine" = submarine
* "sea money" = sea monkey
* "shampoop" = shampoo
* "sponserbilleries" = responsibilities
* "stewdriver" = screwdriver
* "tangerine" = gangrene
* "teeter-tooter" = teeter-totter
* "thermosflat" = thermostat
* "Wavy Seals" = Navy Seals

Definitions
The Rugrats occasionally provide their own definitions to words, and explain why things are called what they are.
* "clamquarter" = camcorder
:Angelica: When you see it, you...clam up. You don't do anything or make any noise, and...you get a quarter! See? Clamquarter!
* "hair conditioner" = air conditioner
:Lil: Why is it called the hair conditioner?
Tommy: Because the cold air comes out and blows my hair!
* "ossopit" = opposite
:Tommy: You know, ossopits. Like, big and small...hot and cold...chocolate and medicine....
Phil: Bugs and trucks?
* "nursery party" = anniversary party
:Angelica: It's a party to celebrate that you've been friends for a long time, like since nursery school.

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