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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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