@fryrsquared: This is SERIOUS stuff, people! Wriggly, squiffy, lummox, and boobs: What makes some words funny by Chris Westbury and Geoff Hollis (2019)

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johnrcwilson
John🌱 :
All perfectly cromulent words.
2024-09-25 17:15:17
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thisisjotoo
thisisjotoo :
It's why I love discombobulated - it's such a fun word and perfect for the feeling it's describing
2024-09-28 13:25:10
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kimaginaryfriend
kim :
incredible 🤣
2024-10-10 03:37:24
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erockwoonz
ErockWoonz :
what's the funniest word!?
2024-09-26 15:32:32
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buckarooponzi
Buckaroo Ponzi :
Okay I love it but I hate it. If it were alllll entropy then it’s the lowest form of Apples To Apples humor.
2024-10-02 06:49:25
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2staffiesandapoodle
Anthony Blackmore 🇬🇧 :
You are amazing ♥️
2024-11-27 16:42:42
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robert.boucher1
Robert Boucher :
u are brilliant
2024-09-30 12:43:16
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glo.gold.artist
Glo Gold :
Love your outtakes 🥰
2024-11-04 22:00:36
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catherinehiggo
Catherine :
Why is the word “Moist” so awful to hear for some people?
2024-10-07 17:02:34
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astroruru
astroruru :
I suppose there's a drop at the far end, where it becomes so nonsensical it becomes less funny?
2024-09-26 13:32:47
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pcmixoye
pcmixoye :
Without a mathematical model W C Fields noticed that years ago.
2024-09-26 02:41:20
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caabi129
caabi :
😁
2025-06-29 06:47:04
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richliddle74
RichLiddle74 :
😳😳😳
2024-09-25 17:02:53
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bluebadger19
Kiwi :
@Waffles:p
2024-10-09 14:43:55
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caabi129
caabi :
🥰
2025-06-29 06:47:07
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a.cheddar
Alex Cheddar :
New dystopian novel: In a world where humour is banned, all sentences must have a uniform distribution of letters of the alphabet. Meet our protagonist Zzyxwuxzw...
2024-09-25 22:17:41
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phyphor
phyphor :
it's why "kumquat" is a funny word as well as a small citrus fruit
2024-09-26 10:30:37
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sxw10
sxw10 :
they all sound like English villages
2024-10-22 19:07:26
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bojanasbojana
Bojana_Stamatović :
Brain is so good when used 💥
2024-11-02 19:39:00
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ragazzi101
Giro 🇬🇧🇮🇹🇵🇹 :
Roald Dahl nailed this nearly 100 years earlier.
2024-10-09 23:00:11
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craig_mac_sax
Craig Mac Sax :
I remember seeing an interview where Rowan Atkinson and Ben Elton talked about writing Blackadder, how they would spend hours deliberating on whether it was funnier to use "pants" or "trousers" etc
2024-09-25 22:56:53
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concordius_lviv
Mykyta "Concordius" :
I love this. The linguist in me finds this not only humorous but genuinely fascinating!
2024-09-25 20:26:45
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time2shineuk
TheRealWorld :
I kinda get this. my young son often found new words I said extremely funny. like flabbergasted. he would giggle whenever I said it until he got use to that word. then found another new one funny
2024-09-26 03:47:00
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siarczan6miedzi2
cuso4 :
that's some ignoble-worthy stuff. I'm invested!
2024-09-29 08:38:50
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delululemonlemon
Delululemon :
Flange has to be one of my favourite words 🤣 sounds so rude but is so utiltarian and boring 🤣
2024-09-25 19:47:45
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flametoast
Flametoast :
No mention of “shrubbery”? I can’t go on
2024-09-25 16:45:49
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cescabones
Cescabones :
Bibble
2024-09-25 16:47:58
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paulbarua76
Paul :
The late Ronnie Barker was a master with words and mispronunciation 🙂
2024-10-05 15:26:41
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darrenwinter6
Darren Winter :
Ever notice that when comedians do a skit or a sketch featuring curry, most of the time they will mention Bhuna.
2024-10-09 07:30:24
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julesman101
Jamie Davies :
“I am anispeptic, frasmotic, and even compunctuous to have caused you such pericombobulations.”
2024-09-25 21:09:48
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mini_me50
mini_me50 :
Lots of B sounds, double oo and a y at the end. btw flange is the top and bottom of an I beam, not at all funny unless someone hits their head on one.
2024-09-26 20:16:41
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vanmamma
vanmamma :
Roal Dhal was the master of this. Snozcumbers and wizzpops come to mind!
2024-09-25 18:43:49
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thegreyman712
donotfollow :
you have too much time on hand...😏
2024-10-06 12:20:18
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caitwhitson
paintycait :
Flange and clear …fantastic words
2024-09-30 17:53:25
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margom2
Margo M :
This is fascinating 🧐
2024-09-30 09:57:04
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inquisitorvawn
Vawn🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 :
A word that should be funny by this metric but that fills me with unfathomable rage is "lugubrious"
2024-10-08 11:56:55
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viva.vietnam
Vivavietnam :
Hi darling
2024-10-08 19:33:56
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bodillan2
Bodillan :
I have to investigate how this works in Swedish!
2024-10-18 06:19:46
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torbox12
Torbox :
😂 we have found your level,
2024-10-01 10:41:16
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mara_the_s
Mara the Sailorman :
Nothing funny with "flange" when somebody hides it your suitcase when you go home from a vessel.
2024-12-01 15:05:12
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worc4021
Manuel :
How about words that are words but you go “who thought this up?”? Like dongle..?! It makes you think they had to market it to a 4 year old
2024-11-30 07:47:22
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therivermersey
TheRiverMersey🇬🇧 :
4th word is funny for other reasons🤣
2024-11-29 20:52:32
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thierrrrrrrrry
td :
Fadge is funny and is a bread bun in Newcastle.
2024-11-28 01:31:39
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astridheliroemer
Astrid Heli Roemer :
🥰
2024-11-25 15:44:08
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missusbadcrumble
missusbadcrumble :
Quincunx always makes me chuckle.
2024-11-19 13:34:24
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vaeunum
Mel Encoly :
I wonder if like the roundess of the word impacts how funny it is (I see Bouba and Kiki everywhere)
2024-10-19 02:13:39
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nico_cozzi
nicocozzi :
Vic Flange
2024-10-18 19:11:34
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bootsmcgoot
Boots McGoot :
i feel like Lewis Carroll would have talked your EAR off about this. His Jabberwocky poem is so well measured to be fully ridiculous. Outgrabe! it almost means something, but doesn't quite! marvellous work
2024-10-15 21:24:25
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oldbaldad
Oldbaldad 🇨🇦 :
Vaudeville comedians knew that K sounds are funnier than others and actively rewrote their jokes to include those sounds where comedically appropriate.
2024-10-14 14:24:41
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georgejohnstonefitness
georgejohnstonefitness :
"k/hard c" is alleged to be the funniest sound. Can't believe I'm so sad that I knew this fact🤣🤣
2024-09-25 18:39:44
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darthpoppins
Peter :
Blardarp
2024-09-25 23:39:41
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