WARNING: THIS MISCOMMUNICATION COULD BE OFFENSIVE TO SOME READERS

You've been warned. There's an icky word in this one.

Ike told me today about a conversation he and Jake had while camping. It started with name-calling, which is a (probably unhealthy) thing we do in this family. Names like "Pumpkin Head, Booger Breath, Monkey Brain..." etc.

So, name-calling has commenced between Ike and Jake. And then...

Jake: Dickwad.

Ike: Uhh...what? Jake, that's a really bad word and a mean thing to call someone. Where did you hear that word??

Jake: They say it in Power Rangers. [And here we were, just worried about the violence and scary-looking bad guys! Who knew the language was terrible, too?]

Ike: Really? When do they say that?

Jake: Well, they have this one Power Ranger and they have to put someone else in his place. So they get a pretend Power Ranger. And they call him a dickwad.

Ike: ...

Ike: Huh.

Ike: ...

Ike: Ohhhh! Jake, did they call him a decoy??

Jake: Yeah, that's what I said. Decoid.

Ike: Jake, let's say it together: decoy...

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Decoy. Decoy. Whew.