Welcome: I kid you not, kidding is an immature manifestation
         but some of us are snooty and snotty ...
         such is the idea of ideas in words
         an etymology expanded by mythology and polyglot roots
         Please cogitate !  what follows may be revealing

~ KID       id+ | KIDS of GOAT or HUMAN 
^u                EMANATE ODOROUS VITALITY | 
            biol> YOUNG GOAT 
            also CHILD or IMMATURE YOUTH or
~ KIDDIE    diminutive for CHILD  
            CHILD including slur as in
            id+ KIDS may STINK or 
                be a "STINKING KID"
            med> CHILDREN tend to have MUCUS or
                 be SNOTTY  SNOOTY
~ KIDDING   implies TO GIVE BIRTH TO A GOAT 
            also JOKE or MAKE BELIEVE
~ KIDNAP    TO SNATCH A CHILD
            note ideas of CHILD  MUCUS  ODOR 
  ukr       KOZA    = KID or GOAT  also
                      COAGULATED NASAL MUCUS
                      note BUG  BUGGER
  port      PIVETE    AROMATIC or SMELLING
  Catalan   PUE       PIE
  sp        PEBETE    SMALL LOAF OF BREAD
                      also CHILD or
            PIBE      CHILD or ODOROUS CHILD
            MOCO      VISCOUS MUCUS
            MOCOSO    INEXPERIENCED YOUTH
  ukr       SMARK     MUCUS
            SMARKACH  CHILD
            SMAR      MUCUS leading to ideas of
                      LUBRICANT  GREASY
  eng       SMEAR     SOIL  BLEMISH  SMUDGE  STAIN
            SNOT      MUCUS
            SNOOTY    CRUSTY  CURT
            SNOUT     NASAL PROMINENCE
  affectionate expression of connections of
  CHILDREN SKINK MUCUS are found in 
  "LITTLE BUGGER or STINKER"
  for more see> MUCUS

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