Robert Beard's The 100 Funniest Words in English
You’ve likely heard some Southern words and phrases in your time, but you do know all of these? Explore this list and embrace the Southerner in you. Thanks P.W: that's just made my day! I think all the Welsh words look and sound like English words backwards. Great language though. This is an actually word in urban languages. It means police. I admit this is the FUNNIEST thing I've ever read! Let's go to the. Funny Quotes “People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.” – A. Milne “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”. I.almost. used it. I tried to stick to real words (with the exception of two Dahlisms, because I adore Dahl) and words that did not require a hyphen (because I felt the hyphen was cheating, in a way) LOL.
contains the 100 funniest words in English 50 of which are listed below. There are easily 1000 funny words in English (maybe more depending on how you measure funniness) but we think this book contains the best selection based on his experience as a reader and writer over the past four decades.
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Each word's definition, usage problems, and history are written up in the book, and each are accompanied by hilarious examples taken from the lives of such characters as Lucinda Head, Maud Lynn Dresser, Phil Anders, William Arami, and Marian Kine. Try some free pages below, then get the full treatment in the book, now on sale at this website.
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Here are the words, described as only 'Dr. Goodword' can describe them, that you will find in the book. The definitions below are not those in the book but much simpler ones. Click the first five for the first five actual entries in the book. Then get the other 95 (or so) at this site or at one of the bookstores above.
| The 100 Funniest Words in English | |
| 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 | An melee, a riot. |
| Doozy | Something really great. |
| Dudgeon | A bad mood, a huff. |
| Ecdysiast | An exotic dancer, a stripper. |
| Eructation | 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. |
| 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. |
| @ | The 'at' sign. |
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