applesauce

criss-cross applesauce

A childish alliterative rhyme for (being) cross-legged while sitting. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. OK, kids, everyone sit criss-cross applesauce and face the front of class!

applesauce

n. nonsense. That’s just applesauce!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Afonso	a-FAWN-saw (Galician)	Portuguese, Galician
Michol	-	Biblical Latin
Janko	-	Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Slovak
Nerva	-	Ancient Roman
Kailash	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi
Pilirani	pil-ee-RAH-nee	Southern African, Chewa