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
Ettore	ET-to-re	Italian
Tirta	TEER-tah	Indonesian
Kenzie	KEN-zee	English
Ludmila	-	Czech, Russian
Thibault	tee-BO	French
Fidel	fee-DHEL	Spanish