Vocabulary lesson: Next Door parents pick up the lingo, call their children 'kiddo'

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According to Merriam-Webster, the first-known use of 'kiddo', as in CHILD, KID, occurred in 1905.

Other coinages from the same year include:

1. altar girl
2. dinkum
3. genetics
4. ice-cream cone
5. little bitty
6. teddy bear
7. teeter-totter

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