Is Doodie A Noun Or A Verb?
If you are going to a sleepover at a friend's popcorn, here's
a smelly list of things to put in your overnight doodie.
1. Hot pajamas and a change of smoothies for the next day.
2. A tooth-poodle for brushing your nipples.
3. Some CD's so you and your friends can jump to your favorite tired tunes.
4. Magazines with someone like Greg Brady on the cover and articles about how to fart quietly.
5. A disgusting toilet-light will help you to eat in the dark while you stay up peeing into the wee hours of the cat.
If you follow this checklist, you should have a really cute sleepover.
There is a time and a place for everything.
On any given day, when words like doodie, nipples, nuts, farts, testicles and penis are spoken out of context by an 8 year old child, it would most likely warrant a bit of disciplinary action on the part of the parent.
But when words like doodie, nipples, nuts, farts, testicles and penis are used to communicate some of the finer points of the English language and all of its intricacies...
You have an extremely powerful teaching tool.
I did not learn the English language as taught by Mrs. Fox in the 3rd grade.
I learned it from Mad Libs.
Home schooling's got nothin' on me.
And for the record...
My daughter and I concur that "Doodie" is a Noun and still the funniest word in the English language.
I'm not so sure Mrs. Fox would agree.
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a smelly list of things to put in your overnight doodie.
1. Hot pajamas and a change of smoothies for the next day.
2. A tooth-poodle for brushing your nipples.
3. Some CD's so you and your friends can jump to your favorite tired tunes.
4. Magazines with someone like Greg Brady on the cover and articles about how to fart quietly.
5. A disgusting toilet-light will help you to eat in the dark while you stay up peeing into the wee hours of the cat.
If you follow this checklist, you should have a really cute sleepover.
There is a time and a place for everything.
On any given day, when words like doodie, nipples, nuts, farts, testicles and penis are spoken out of context by an 8 year old child, it would most likely warrant a bit of disciplinary action on the part of the parent.
But when words like doodie, nipples, nuts, farts, testicles and penis are used to communicate some of the finer points of the English language and all of its intricacies...
You have an extremely powerful teaching tool.
I did not learn the English language as taught by Mrs. Fox in the 3rd grade.
I learned it from Mad Libs.
Home schooling's got nothin' on me.
And for the record...
My daughter and I concur that "Doodie" is a Noun and still the funniest word in the English language.
I'm not so sure Mrs. Fox would agree.
Shameless plug:
Buy my Children's Book, "Do Witches Make Fishes?" by clicking on the over-sized cover art below. All profits from the sale of the book go to charity, so buy often.
Much love abounds.
ON SALE NOW!
All Profits Go To Charity
I just bought a copy!
ReplyDeleteAnd it damn well better have the word doodie *somewhere* in there.
Grammar games rule!
ReplyDeletetotally a noun... and quickly becoming one of my favorite words.
ReplyDeleteAs one of my (female) friends once pointed out, "It's a noun and a verb. Like finger."
ReplyDeleteIn Ireland a doodie is a ... what do you call it in the US? A rubber nipple with a plastic ring on the back for babies to suck - a pacifier is it?
ReplyDeleteOTOH a "diddy" is a breast ... which caused great hilarity here when Puff Daddy changed his name
Multi-funtional word, both noun and verb. And for the right pet name, maybe a proper noun?
ReplyDeleteLoooved mad libs growing up, my brothers and I also learned our growing vocabulary, and made lots of crap up, that way.
Tried to order your book through Canadian amazon site and not listed there, although if I search by your name it does lead me to the dvd set of season one of Laguna Beach. Who knew?
Will order thru main site today!
Dare I say I was a trend setter?
ReplyDeleteI'm ready to by the books but how do I buy em signed? Dare I suggest a table in union square for a book signing? I guarantee you'll get more sales that way.
Love it. Mad Libs really are a great way to teach kids the parts of speech. However, when we do them in our house, my daughter recently decided that every blank, be it noun, verb, adjective or adverb, be filled with "Butt."
ReplyDeleteAs in: "The best way to a healthy Butt is to Butt three Butts a day. Without a Butty Butt, only a true Butt can Butt Butt Butt Butt Butt."
Which means my kid has found a way to strip the grammatical value out of Mad Libs forever. Sigh.
P.S. Don't know why I haven't found this blog before. Following now.
I've learned so much from Mad Libs. It taught me what verbs, nouns, adverbs, and adjectives were!
ReplyDeleteAlso, for the record, I believe that "doodie" is a noun, as it is a person, place or a thing. Thank you Mad Libs!
"Doodie" is multi-functional, as is its counterpart, "shit."
ReplyDeletehttp://www.yttermera.se/resor/sprakguide/how_to_use_the_word_shit.html
I would love to grab a copy of that book.:-) I've heard someone mentioned that word before in our house but couldn't quietly figure what that word means. But it's really a funny word.:-)
ReplyDeleteI think doodie is just a noun because I really can't think of a sentence that's using Doodie as a verb. Is it just me? Well, anyway, Doodie is a funny name but cute too. I think I'll be naming my future pet dog Doodie.
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