The Bear Came Over The Mountain by Alice Munro

... to need wheelchairs—but decent. There had been some unnerving sights when he and Fiona visited Mr. Farquhar. Whiskers on old women’s chins, somebody with a bulged-out eye like a rotted plum. Dribblers, head wagglers, mad chatterers. Now it looked as if there’d been some weeding out of the worst cases. “See?” said Kristy in a softer voice. “You just go up and say hello and try not to startle her....

What weird words or phrases does your family use? My parents call having prune-y fingers from a pool being "farkled" and my dad calls our cats "wumpa cats." And unfortunately, I've caught myself using his interjection of "frag wagglers" when irritated.