Name calling

We have been working on the topic of name calling with the kids a lot lately. There is a kid named Ben in Griffin's class who seems to be the target of the names mostly. So from time to time, I check in to make sure that he isn't being extra mean to Ben. When I asked today, he said that the kids weren't too mean today. So no name calling. Then he said, "usually we call him mail apple or cheese mouse". That seems better than what they called him before..."C-A-T bottom". And they spell it out like that. When you ask if they are calling Ben a cat bottom, they are very serious that it is not cat but "C-A-T" bottom. As if this makes any sense, but you gotta love 5 year old logic.