Vocabulary update: October 12

As “previously”:/news/2007/vocabulary-update-september-7-2007/ “reported”:/news/2007/language-explosion/, Lucy’s vocabulary is exploding. And now we can confirm: she is definitely an urban hipster.

That status is cemented by four key phrases: “Go Cubs,” “pita,” “booty,” and “Brie” (see second video). We hope she’ll keep saying “thank you” (see first video) with such excellent manners.

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Here are the latest additions to her word hoard, as best we can tell:

*Spoken words*

blinds
book
booty (as in “Pirate’s Booty,” from Trader Joe’s)
bread
Brie (see video)
brush
button
cheese
curtain
donut (“nonut”)
dressed
go
Go Cubs (every time she sees a Cubs logo, seriously)
night-night
ouch
pie
pita
see ya
toe
yum (“num”)

*Animal sounds*

hoo hoo [owl]
ribbit [frog]
roar [bear]
[pigs’ grunt, no simple “oink”]

*Sign language*

bear
chicken
eat
walk
water