# Funniest word in the world **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 4, 2001, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-word-in-the-world/96796 "2001-12-04T07:10:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-word-in-the-world/96796/1 "2001-12-04T07:10:59Z")
What, in your opinion, is the funniest word in the English language? I have a personal affinity for entemological hilarity, and was just wondering what words tickled other people’s funny bones. I’ll just cast my vote for “kumquat.” I can’t even say it with a straight face! 🙂 -Loopus (Did I really say “entemological hilarity”?) ---
**Author:** ![Linear\_Crack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Linear\_Crack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linear_Crack)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-word-in-the-world/96796/2 "2001-12-04T07:20:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Loopus \* > **What, in your opinion, is the funniest word in the English language?** I’ve always thought the word **forum** was kinda funny. :rolleyes: 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bob\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Scene)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-word-in-the-world/96796/3 "2001-12-04T07:57:48Z")
There is a structure in the scrotum that anatomists call the gubernaculum. ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-word-in-the-world/96796/4 "2001-12-04T10:01:34Z")
Wouldn’t this be IMHO? Well, for my $.02… Dweeb. No, really. Say it nice and slow… dweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeb. 😃 [sub]I need to get out more…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![jb\_farley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jb\_farley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jb_farley)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-word-in-the-world/96796/5 "2001-12-04T10:04:57Z")
i really like ‘poop’. preferably ‘poopie’. got the nice child’s-word-which-is-an-anagram-plus-long-eee. always a good word.say it. poopie. ha! jb ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-word-in-the-world/96796/6 "2001-12-04T10:26:07Z")
“moistness” ---
**Author:** ![gadgetgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@gadgetgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gadgetgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-word-in-the-world/96796/7 "2001-12-04T10:42:53Z")
Onomatopoeia or groin. I can’t decide. ---
**Author:** ![Genseric](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Genseric](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Genseric)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-word-in-the-world/96796/8 "2001-12-04T10:57:06Z")
I’ve always gotten a chuckle out of **meatus**. Wow, what a 300th post. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-word-in-the-world/96796/9 "2001-12-04T10:57:28Z")
GQ is for questions with factual answers. I think I’ll send this one over to In My Humble Opinion. bibliophage moderator GQ ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-word-in-the-world/96796/10 "2001-12-04T12:43:52Z")
Teehee, _bosums_. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-word-in-the-world/96796/11 "2001-12-04T13:11:22Z")
**Grunt.** I can still hear Mike Timmons from 3rd grade saying _“I gotta go take a grunt”._ It cracked me up then and it cracks me up now. If you were from frikkin’ Latvia you’d still know exactly what little Mikey meant. ---
**Author:** ![Ewdlorr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@Ewdlorr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ewdlorr)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-word-in-the-world/96796/12 "2001-12-04T13:26:13Z")
I’ve always been partial to _maneuver_ and _unguent_. I just keep imagining Gaear from Fargo mumbling, “Unguent. I need unguent.” ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-word-in-the-world/96796/13 "2001-12-04T13:26:32Z")
_ **Turd.** _ I like the way it sounds. I like the way it looks. I like the way it so eloquently describes its subject matter. Say it with me… \*turd turd turd\* ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-word-in-the-world/96796/14 "2001-12-04T14:02:30Z")
scrofulous cummerbund pumpkin make me happy ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-word-in-the-world/96796/15 "2001-12-04T14:15:40Z")
heebie-jeebies I can neither hear it, say it, nor read it without giggling. ---
**Author:** ![sidle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@sidle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sidle)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-word-in-the-world/96796/16 "2001-12-04T14:24:40Z")
Sununu ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-word-in-the-world/96796/17 "2001-12-04T14:30:21Z")
A _hari kuyo_ is a shrine for broken sewing needles. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-word-in-the-world/96796/18 "2001-12-04T14:30:33Z")
_ **Dung** _. It sounds like a bell… Not really English, but a loan-word from the Inuit: **Mukluk**. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-word-in-the-world/96796/19 "2001-12-04T14:43:53Z")
Macadamia Sounds even funnier if you say it as if you’re the smart kid in class who ALWAYS raises a hand when the teacher asked a question. Or, it sound like something you yell when you parachute from a plane. MAAACAAADAAAAMIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaa… ---
**Author:** ![RaCha\_ar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@RaCha\_ar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaCha_ar)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-word-in-the-world/96796/20 "2001-12-04T15:49:17Z")
Scott Adams (the Dilbert guy) says that the funniest word in the world is **weasel**. I tend to disagree, but there you are. Personally, I love **Wheat-a-bix**. Sure, it’s a brand name, but it’s so silly. If you’ve ever seen “WASP,” which is a play by Steve Martin, you may understand a bit better why Wheat-a-bix cracks me up. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funniest-word-in-the-world/96796.md?page=2)