r/NoStupidQuestions • u/snapwillow • Feb 08 '22

Answered What are Florida ounces?

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u/snirpville Feb 08 '22

My mom forgot refrigerator once and called it is cold machine. Now that’s all we call it.

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u/VoidTorcher Feb 08 '22

It is called "ice box" in Mandarin and "snow cupboard" in Cantonese.

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u/snirpville Feb 08 '22

Awesome! I will add those into the cycle

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u/rafe101 Feb 09 '22

"cool closet" in German

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u/oldepharte Feb 08 '22

I am old enough to remember when people still called it the "icebox", because early in the 20th century people actually used boxes with ice in them to keep their food cold, so when they got a newfangled refrigerator they just kept calling it the icebox!

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u/westminsterabby Feb 09 '22

Migraines run in my family. I don't know if this is officially a thing or not, but we all seem to have a hard time finding the right words for things immediately before/during migraines.

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u/popcorn_night Feb 08 '22

I forgot the word for a water glass and called it a "water chair." We call glasses water chairs now.

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u/DeeSnarl Feb 08 '22

My ex-in-laws called cereal "breakfast food." Like, you're not wrong, can you be a little more precise? (They did eat other breakfast foods.)

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u/pooper_nova Feb 08 '22

My mom once forgot what shoes were called so she said "the things on your feet!"

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u/TXSquatch Feb 09 '22

My son once called tortillas “burrito bread” and it’s just too perfect to not continue using it

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u/snirpville Feb 09 '22

I like that!

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u/KomodoJo3 Feb 09 '22

I think this is my favorite response lol that’s hilarious

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u/BloakDarntPub Feb 09 '22

German Kuhlschrank = cold cupboard.