“Momma you are a dickhead.”
“Excuse me. What did you just say?”
“Dickhead. Dick head.”
“Darius, that isn’t nice to say.”
“What? Dickhead?”
“Yes, Darius. That is a potty word.”
“Dickhead is a potty word?”
“STOP saying that. It is a potty word. Where did you learn that word?”
“At school”
“You are learning potty words at school?”
“We learned about dicks”
“You learned about WHAT????”
“Dicks. You know the ones that go quack quack.”
“Darius, do you mean ducks?”
“Yeah, ducks. That’s what I said. Duckhead.”
[trying not to laugh]
“Momma, why is duckhead a potty word?”
“It’s not. I thought you said something else”
“What you think I said?”
[stalling]
“Momma, what potty word did you think I said?”
“Nothing, honey.”
“Momma?”
“Eat your dinner”
