The Slice: Call them grand terms of endearment

Let’s talk about what grandchildren call their grandparents.

Bonnie and Tom Meyer in Post Falls have a grandson named Hunter in Texas. He just turned 6.

He fondly refers to the Meyers as Grandma and Grampa Idaho.

Because she raises chickens, Kirsten Fehlig has been known as “Grandma Cockadoo.”

Meg McCoy was living in Arizona when her grandson was learning to talk. That kid is 9 now. But he still calls McCoy “Gamazona.”

Moses Lake’s Laura Ellis was known as “Mommy’s mommy.”

About 16 years ago, a grandson started calling Spokane Valley’s Wendy Johnson “Meemo.”

“I really don’t know why, but 16 years and six more grandchildren later the entire family calls me ‘Meemo,’ ” she wrote. “I’m sure on my headstone it will read ‘Meemo.’ ”

A similar thing happened to Judy Robertson after a granddaughter designated her “Bobo.”

Jill McKee’s kids decided to note her mom’s single status and named her “One NaNa.”

Judy Orr’s oldest granddaughter started calling her “JuJu” and subsequent grandkids also used that name.

“With three sets of grandparents, it was decided that I would be called ‘Grammy,’ ” wrote Joan Nolan. But her grandson unilaterally elected to go with “Mimi” and that’s the name that stuck.

And Heather Scholten’s mother recently accessorized her vehicle in a way that struck Scholten’s children as akin to something a flashy hip-hop performer might do. “So my kids started calling their grandparents Gram Gram and G-Diddy,” wrote Scholten.

To be continued.

“In the matter of the former West Side resident who said people there don’t badmouth Spokane: Several readers asked what she has been smoking.

“When I’m back there and people find out I moved to Spokane, they always ask ‘Why?’ ” wrote Mike Bentson.

“Misspeaking: Tom Boden’s sister meant to say that she was flabbergasted by some good news.

But what she actually came out with was “flabberjacked.”

“Indian Trail’s Nancye Hensz wonders: “Are there other neighborhoods in which it is considered normal to put trash out at the curb a full 24 hours before it is to be picked up?”

“Still more “Brokeback” commentary: “The gayness of the movie probably wouldn’t be as annoying as the cowboyness.” — Lan Hellie, Colville

““Dinner worth driving home to Spokane for”: That’s how Pullman’s Cinda Rosen described her father Derek’s macaroni and cheese.

“Today’s Slice question: What group of local people is most out of touch with Spokane reality?