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A chat on subreddit /r/me_irl
human
I was aged 6 and the teacher asked the class what the stuff in your eyes was called. 

I very enthusiastically put my hand up but wasn’t selected to answer. 

“Sleep” “

Yes class that is the answer.”

Turns out my mum called it “Sleepy Men” and that’s what I was going to answer. Usually said whilst holding a wet face cloth. 

I am now almost 55 years old &amp; I have that potential relief of not answering burned into my psyche. That incident was 100% a core memory.
gpt
My friend's parents apparently had a lot of these terms he is still slowly realizing are not what other people call things.  


He once ordered a sandwich and asked for 'sprouty guys' instead of sprouts..