Emma: makes a mean growl when I tell her not to do something
Me: Emma, don’t say that, it’s not nice
Emma: it’s a bad word?
Me: It’s not a bad word, it just isn’t nice. it sounds mean.
Emma, very matter of factly: well, then, it’s a bad word.

Scott to Lexi: go put your diaper in the trash
Lexi after putting it in the trash: we did it!
Lexi after coming back to Scott: put it-in trash!