Childhood Sayings - Lasting until Adulthood

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My son is growing up so fast... he's such a little man now... I was thinking the other day about things he did/said when he was younger. He's 4 now and he's lost quite a few of his baby/little boy mannerisms and it made my heart strings pull... But there are a few lingering... He called his baby bottle "Na Na" and cc cookies became "Go-Go's" (Don't ask me where he got that!) So the saying "na na and go-gos" became his way of saying "cookies and milk" Well, now he's 4 and the na na is no longer a bottle, but a special cup reserved only for night time cookies and milk. The concept is still there and only we know what it really means... Another one is that ONLY ONE specific blanket is referred to as a "Woobie" He doesn't call any other blanket, comforter or cover 'woobie', just this one that he learned to sleep in his big boy bed with after we took the crib down. It's like he imprinted this one blanket on his little mind, named it and still thinks of it as woobie. One other is "special crackers" - these are very specifically the saltine crackers you get a Wendy's with chili! ONLY those - not purchased from the store saltines - just the ones from Wendy's. And I don't know how, but he can tell the difference! I wonder what he'll keep and carry into young adulthood - which ones will become a permanant part of him? What will stick with him that is special only to him, me and his dad that will see him thru hard times when he's grown? One from my childhood is "home to couch" When I was grown and out of my parent's house, this was in reference to when I was little, the only place that made me feel better when I was hurt/sick/sad was curling up on the couch. So when I grew up, and things weren't going well, my mom would say come "home to couch" It never failed - I would go home to visit, get a good meal, be with M & D, and within hours, I would fall asleep on the couch and would stay there for hours, sometimes even over night. It was one of the few things that my mom knew would revitalize me. Another from my childhood: I can still only eat carrots cut a certain way! My mom used to cut fresh carrots the long way - juliane style. She always did it that way! TO THIS DAY - I insist that the carrots only taste good if they are cut this way! She always knew it and always made sure they were the way I like 'em... Anyone else want to share childhood to adulthood mannerisms? I was just curious...