/r/wildbeef
Those stupid names you come up with when you've forgotten the real word.
A wild beef is a cow!
Those stupid names you come up with when you've forgotten the real word.
A wild beef is a cow!
A wildbeef can be used to describe anything - the only real requirement is that it's a genuine attempt to describe something where the actual word has been momentarily forgotten. Deliberately silly descriptions of animals belong on /r/properanimalnames, please check them out if you enjoy reading posts on this sub!
POSTING GUIDELINES
Please post the 'wild beef' part of your post as the title, with the actual name in the post body.
OC is heavily encouraged - and please don't post stuff you've found elsewhere without checking the top posts first! As funny as it is, the Liquid Zoo has been posted a hundred million times already.
Wildbeefs are not malapropisms, misspellings, or typos. Those are better suited to /r/boneappletea or /r/boneappletypo. If your post would fit on those subs or any other language mix-up ones (like /r/engrish) then it probably doesn't belong here. The same goes for /r/puns - if it looks like a deliberate joke, it's not a wildbeef.
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Sound Temperature
I somehow forgot the word "volume".
05:07 UTC
Witch bowl
I forgot what a cauldron was so I googled "witch bowl" on my school computer
23:44 UTC
Nelson
I was talking about a little weasel animal, kept calling it a Nelson. It's a Marten.
14:46 UTC
The $5 babysitter
Benadryl (my grandmother, idk what the two had to do with each other)
08:01 UTC
Hot chocolate with the strong stuff
They got me an alcoholic drink (I can't drink and they had to take it back)
I had to explain I meant a mocha
07:53 UTC
That rope play with the dog
My boyfriend, referring to tug of war, how do I tell him...
07:50 UTC
Hard pudding
Couldn’t remember the name for fudge
04:22 UTC
blanket necklace
traveling in iceland with floridian in-laws--father-in-law couldn't find his scarf
13:46 UTC
Peanut Butter Crevice
Nutty Putty Cave
06:48 UTC
Skelacature
"Skeletal" and "musculature" got tangled together as I was talking.
Example: "I can't wait to see my chiropractor. My skelacature is so messed up this week!"
17:19 UTC
Broom spatula
Just found out about his sub. Copied my comment in another thread:
Age 52 here. I'm used to playing "ADHD Charades" with my daughter, but this time it was me. I was cleaning up and needed a tool that I knew she had borrowed. I went to her room and started to ask "Hey, can I get the...
The word was gone. Nothing. I could see the item in my head, but it had no name.
... broom spatula? The sweep bucket?"
Dustpan. The word was dustpan.
14:41 UTC
The HAPPENER
A mate forgetting the phrase "Rube Goldberg machine".
20:53 UTC
Roasted Grosbeak
My poor mom trying to tell me she'd seen a rosebreasted grosbeak at her birdfeeder.
11:33 UTC
A loaf of soup
When I tried to order soup in a bread bowl at Panera.
11:28 UTC
Electric briefcase
Laptop
23:51 UTC
Kitties with the fingers
My spouse and I are taking a cruise that stops in Key West. We had this exchange about it:
Me (wiggling fingers): Can we see the kitties?
Spouse: The what?
Me: The kitties! With the fingers!
"Polydactyl cats" was the phrase I was looking for. To make matters worse, we've owned a polydactyl cat for 12 years.
18:48 UTC
Touch farm
Petting zoo
05:20 UTC
Thingy with the up and down goer
I was exhausted and trying to suggest taking the elevator but forgot the word "elevator"
01:30 UTC
Go decorate your hot dog
At the Costco cafe, you pick up your food in one place & add condiments in another place. My sister ordered hot dogs for everyone, but didn’t have enough hands to manage the toppings for all of them. So we all got to decorate our own!
20:10 UTC
"The cruise control on this things is terrible"
My 12-year-old was taking about joystick drift on the Nintendo Switch.
16:00 UTC
Vertically Long
Tall.
06:41 UTC
Toilet cpr
Was plunging the toilet
17:03 UTC
Light stick
a Torch
05:57 UTC
Heart Thanksgiving
Valentine’s Day.
11:17 UTC
"Oh! Don't forget to raise the skeletons!"
Me telling my husband to remember to use raise dead. Turns out I wasn't even talking about the right game lmao.
02:30 UTC
Turn the strobe light off or I’ll get the shakey disease
I forgot how to say epilepsy
02:51 UTC
The window that looks back at you
Mirror
18:46 UTC
I can't word
I was trying to remember what the name of the game I wanted to play was, and so I told my dad I wanted to play "Mexican mancala" or "math uno". It was cribbage and yahtzee. 🤦♀️
00:22 UTC
Head-shaped lad.
Manny from Diary of A Wimpy Kid. I was trying to recall his name but only got his appearance. I mean, you're most likely gonna remember his unique head shape, yeah?
21:59 UTC
Kidkeeper
I meant babysitter
16:53 UTC