Well, you’re not alone.
We recently rounded up some baffling and hilarious stories from theBuzzFeed Community, and the responses kept coming!
Here are even more enjoyable tales:
1.

I did not realize it wasn’t a common phrase until I said it to friends.
I still use it with close friends sometimes.
I think it should catch on."

emilym4e8497a33
2.
Silvermystique
3.
“My mom thought ‘going commando’ meant like going crazy.

superkitten66
6.
Twenty years later, even our kids now refer to it as the big and little light.”
singingeachtoeach
8.

My kids call hard-boiled eggs round eggs and omelets flat circle eggs.
That’s what we all call them now."
bmw1138
9.

“My mom called breasts ‘bluebirds,’ and I assumed that was normal until high school.”
moonlitrat
10.
She looked at me HORRIFIED!

I’d been told this since I was a kid.
“My parents always taught me to keep a toolbox in the trunk of the car for emergencies.
lacjiba
12.

“Growing up, the TV remote was called, ‘channel changer.’
Once in a while, I automatically refer to it as the channel changer.
For the most part, people have a good idea of what it translates to.”

cinnamonmsugar
13.
She’ll never be able to live it down.
We keep a lot of mispronounced words going in my family.”
mooredm23
14.
“In my extended family, ‘seppies?’
“My great aunt Mertis and great uncle Curtis were twins.
Whenever the family would be driving anywhere, each car had a walkie-talkie.
amyleatherman
16.
I didnt know the term living room until I was in middle school!”
dogfmly123
17.
“My husbands name is Kyle.
My mischievous 2-year-old son thinks its hilarious to call us by our names instead of Mom and Dad.
You got a mouse in your pocket?'”
louloubet
19.
“When I was very little, my family used to call strawberry milk ‘rabbit milk.’
I was, thankfully, relatively young when I realized it was a family nickname.
Like, duh.”
lobsterlemonlime
20.
“I grew up in an Italian family, and we always ate Italian bread for meals.
When we bought sliced bread, my family called it American bread.
I still often refer to sliced bread as American bread, and Im now in my 70s!”
“My brother was four and about to throw up when he realized that you salivate a bunch beforehand.
gswann123
23.
“My family calls parmesan cheese ‘shaky cheese,’ since you shake it out of the container.
I thought that thats what everyone called it until no one knew what I was talking about in college.
Honestly, though, it probably would be a great name for a brand of parmesan!”
Responses have been edited for length/clarity.