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What’s the funniest word in the English language?

Posted - January 8, 2018

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    Booty
      January 8, 2018 9:54 AM MST
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  • 22891
    cant think of one right now
      January 8, 2018 2:27 PM MST
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  • I found these at the alpha dictionary.com and rather liked them...


    Abibliophobia - The fear of running out of reading material.

    Absquatulate - To leave or abscond with something.

    Allegator - Some who alleges.

    Anencephalous - Lacking a brain.

    Argle-bargle - A loud row or quarrel.

    Batrachomyomachy - Making a mountain out of a molehill.

    Billingsgate - Loud, raucous profanity.

    Bloviate - To speak pompously or brag.

    Blunderbuss - A gun with a flared muzzle or disorganized activity.

    Borborygm - A rumbling of the stomach.

    Boustrophedon - A back and forth pattern.

    Bowyang - A strap that holds the pants legs in place.

    Brouhaha - An uproar.

    Bumbershoot - An umbrella.

    Callipygian - Having an attractive rear end or nice buns.

    Canoodle - To hug and kiss.

    Cantankerous - Testy, grumpy.

    Catercornered - Diagonal(ly).

    Cockalorum - A small, haughty man.

    Cockamamie - Absurd, outlandish.

    Codswallop - Nonsense, balderdash.

    Collop - A slice of meat or fold of flab.

    Collywobbles - Butterflies in the stomach.

    Comeuppance - Just reward, just deserts.

    Crapulence - Discomfort from eating or drinking too much.

    Crudivore - An eater of raw food.

    Discombobulate - To confuse.

    Donnybrook - A melee, a riot.

    Doozy - Something really great.

    Dudgeon - A bad mood, a huff.

    Ecdysiast - An exotic dancer, a stripper.

    Eructatio - A burp, belch.

    Fard - Face-paint, makeup.

    Fartlek - An athletic training regime.

    Fatuous - Unconsciously foolish.

    Filibuster - Refusal to give up the floor in a debate to prevent a vote.

    Firkin - A quarter barrel or small cask.

    Flibbertigibbet - Nonsense, balderdash.

    Flummox - To exasperate.

    Folderol - Nonsense.

    Formication - The sense of ants crawling on your skin.

    Fuddy-duddy - An old-fashioned, mild-mannered person.

    Furbelow - A fringe or ruffle.

    Furphy - A portable water-container.

    Gaberlunzie - A wandering beggar.

    Gardyloo! - A warning shouted before throwing water from above.

    Gastromancy - Telling fortune from the rumblings of the stomach.

    Gazump - To buy something already promised to someone else.

    Gobbledygook - Nonsense, balderdash.

    Gobemouche - A highly gullible person.

    Godwottery - Nonsense, balderdash.

    Gongoozle - To stare at, kibitz.

    Gonzo - Far-out journalism.

    Goombah - An older friend who protects you.

    Hemidemisemiquaver - A musical timing of 1/64.

    Hobbledehoy - An awkward or ill-mannered young boy.

    Hocus-pocus - Deceitful sleight of hand.

    Hoosegow - A jail or prison.

    Hootenanny - A country or folk music get-together.

    Jackanapes - A rapscallion, hooligan.

    Kerfuffle - Nonsense, balderdash.

    Klutz - An awkward, stupid person.

    La-di-da - An interjection indicating that something is pretentious.

    Lagopodous - Like a rabbit's foot.

    Lickety-split - As fast as possible.

    Lickspittle - A servile person, a toady.

    Logorrhea - Loquaciousness, talkativeness. (me)

    Lollygag - To move slowly, fall behind.

    Malarkey - Nonsense, balderdash.

    Maverick - A loner, someone outside the box.

    Mollycoddle - To treat too leniently.

    Mugwump - An independent politician who does not follow any party.

    Mumpsimus - An outdated and unreasonable position on an issue.

    Namby-pamby - Weak, with no backbone.

    Nincompoop - A foolish person.

    Oocephalus - An egghead.

    Ornery - Mean, nasty, grumpy.

    Pandiculation - A full body stretch.

    Panjandrum - Someone who thinks himself high and mighty.

    Pettifogger - A person who tries to befuddle others with his speech.

    Pratfall - A fall on one's rear.

    Quean - A disreputable woman.

    Rambunctious - Aggressive, hard to control.

    Ranivorous - Frog-eating

    Rigmarole - Nonsense, unnecessary complexity.

    Shenanigan - A prank, mischief.

    Sialoquent - Spitting while speaking.

    Skedaddle - To hurry somewhere.

    Skullduggery - No good, underhanded dealing.

    Slangwhanger - A loud abusive speaker or obnoxious writer.

    Smellfungus - A perpetual pessimist.

    Snickersnee - A long knife.

    Snollygoster - A person who can't be trusted.

    Snool - A servile person.

    Tatterdemalion - A child in rags.

    Troglodyte - Someone or something that lives in a cave.

    Turdiform - Having the form of a lark.

    Unremacadamized - Having not been repaved with macadam.

    Vomitory - An exit or outlet.

    Wabbit - Exhausted, tired, worn out.

    Widdershins - In a contrary or counterclockwise direction.

    Yahoo - A rube, a country bumpkin.

      January 8, 2018 8:33 PM MST
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