Words and Phrases we Invented (plus the explanation for the word meap)
There are tons of words and phrases we made up, or at least, we bended the meaning. Have you ever wondered what we mean by making lemonade? Or how to be acidified? Well, scroll down and you'll find out!
Word: Meap
Original Meaning: a character from Phineas and Ferb
Our Meaning: a word for Hi, Hello, LOL, and many other cute words
Meap is really a Disney character from the cartoon Phineas and Ferb. He is white with a pink cap kind of thing that makes him look like he has ears. And according to Almond, he's super cute! Check out this link to learn more about him:
There are tons of words and phrases we made up, or at least, we bended the meaning. Have you ever wondered what we mean by making lemonade? Or how to be acidified? Well, scroll down and you'll find out!
Word: Meap
Original Meaning: a character from Phineas and Ferb
Our Meaning: a word for Hi, Hello, LOL, and many other cute words
Meap is really a Disney character from the cartoon Phineas and Ferb. He is white with a pink cap kind of thing that makes him look like he has ears. And according to Almond, he's super cute! Check out this link to learn more about him:
After Almond came to our school, she told the Nuts that back in her old school, Meap's name was used for many, many other purposes, most often heard as a greeting.
Phrase: Making lemonade!
Original Meaning: cutting up a lemon, putting slices of it into a cup of water, add sugar, and serve as a drink
Our Meaning: annoying (verb) Lemon Lai
Lemonade in your language may be a delicious, sour drink that's great for cooling off during a hot summer day, but for us it means tracking down the Lemon, queen of the MAS's, and annoying her until she stomps off in defeat.
Word: Nut
Original Meaning: a kind of healthy snack recommended to kids by most parents
Our Meaning: a bookish person, a member of the Happy Nut Club
Pistachio loves nuts, which is how she came up with the name of the club! The members of the Happy Nuts are:
Pistachio
Almond
Coconut
Acorn
Macadamia
Hazelnut (50%)
Actually, the real story started around three years ago, when Pistachio's mother played a video of a Chinese band singing an English song. That time I wasn't even born, and the first Pac-Man book wasn't out yet. And since the people in the band weren't good at English, when they sang the part about pistachios they said 'happy nut' instead! After all, in Chinese pistachio is 開心果, right? So it makes total sense that they got the words wrong.
Word: Acidified
Original Meaning: a scientific term. The acid side of the Ph table is from 0 to 6. The lower the number is, the more acidic it is. Ask science whiz Acorn for more information about the Ph table.
Our Meaning: a person who befriended a Sour; an adjective
It might be hard to explain what this word means. Here's the Happy Nut acidity table instead:
Nut
|
|acidified (befriended a Sour)
|
Berry
|
|acidified (befriended a Sour)
|
Sour
Order of rank: Nut, Berry, Sour
Word: De-acidified
Original Meaning: Well, the closest thing is the scientific term neutralization, which is using alkaline to neutralize an acid.
Our Meaning: the opposite of acidified.
When a Sour befriends a Nut for about a month, she gets de-acidified once and turns into a Berry. When a Berry befriends a Nut for about two months, she turns into a Nut. Once-Sours take more time to become a Nut than Berries. Of course, who gets to be in the club is decided by the leader and deputies.
Phrase: Making lemonade!
Original Meaning: cutting up a lemon, putting slices of it into a cup of water, add sugar, and serve as a drink
Our Meaning: annoying (verb) Lemon Lai
Lemonade in your language may be a delicious, sour drink that's great for cooling off during a hot summer day, but for us it means tracking down the Lemon, queen of the MAS's, and annoying her until she stomps off in defeat.
Word: Nut
Original Meaning: a kind of healthy snack recommended to kids by most parents
Our Meaning: a bookish person, a member of the Happy Nut Club
Pistachio loves nuts, which is how she came up with the name of the club! The members of the Happy Nuts are:
Pistachio
Almond
Coconut
Acorn
Macadamia
Hazelnut (50%)
Actually, the real story started around three years ago, when Pistachio's mother played a video of a Chinese band singing an English song. That time I wasn't even born, and the first Pac-Man book wasn't out yet. And since the people in the band weren't good at English, when they sang the part about pistachios they said 'happy nut' instead! After all, in Chinese pistachio is 開心果, right? So it makes total sense that they got the words wrong.
Word: Acidified
Original Meaning: a scientific term. The acid side of the Ph table is from 0 to 6. The lower the number is, the more acidic it is. Ask science whiz Acorn for more information about the Ph table.
Our Meaning: a person who befriended a Sour; an adjective
It might be hard to explain what this word means. Here's the Happy Nut acidity table instead:
Nut
|
|acidified (befriended a Sour)
|
Berry
|
|acidified (befriended a Sour)
|
Sour
Order of rank: Nut, Berry, Sour
Word: De-acidified
Original Meaning: Well, the closest thing is the scientific term neutralization, which is using alkaline to neutralize an acid.
Our Meaning: the opposite of acidified.
When a Sour befriends a Nut for about a month, she gets de-acidified once and turns into a Berry. When a Berry befriends a Nut for about two months, she turns into a Nut. Once-Sours take more time to become a Nut than Berries. Of course, who gets to be in the club is decided by the leader and deputies.