Personalized words that children invent and use in highly idiosyncratic ways are called:
A) overextensions
B) idiomorphs
C) variegated babbling
D) reduplicated babbling

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The term for personalized words that children invent and use in idiosyncratic ways is "idiomorphs." Overextensions refer to using a word to describe more than it actually means (e.g. calling all furry animals "doggy"). Variegated babbling refers to the stage of language development where infants produce a mix of different sounds and intonations, and reduplicated babbling refers to repeating the same syllables (e.g. "bababa").

Personalized Words That Children Invent and Use in Highly Idiosyncratic