The first time I asked my husband where the "mote-con" was, he
looked at me like I'd lost my mind. I can't blame him - it's a word my
family has used since my then two-year-old (now twenty-something)
brother couldn't pronounce "remote control."
Citing an old AA Milne (author of Winnie the Pooh) quote, the New York Times devoted a column to the made up words and misplaced phrases families have coined . . . and use consistently.
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