ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Concoction

Okay kiddo, let me tell you about concoction. Do you like to mix different things when you play? Like chocolate with peanut butter or strawberries with bananas? Well, concoction is kind of like that. It's when you mix different ingredients together to make something new!

For example, when you make a smoothie, you put different fruits and maybe some milk or yogurt in a blender and mix it all up. That's a concoction! Or if you mix different colors of paint together to make a new color, that's also a concoction.

Now, sometimes people use the word "concoction" to describe something kind of weird or unusual. For example, if someone mixes ketchup and mustard on their hamburger, someone else might say "Ew, that's a strange concoction!" But really, any time you mix different things together to make something new, you can call it a concoction.

So remember, little one, concoction just means mixing things together to make something new and exciting! Who knows what kind of crazy ideas you might come up with when you start making your own concoctions!