# Normal words that are funny **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 14, 2008, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-words-that-are-funny/449241 "2008-05-14T03:12:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-words-that-are-funny/449241/21 "2008-05-14T18:34:40Z")
[QUOTE=Sitnam] Poop. [/QUOTE] Oh no, not the poop game. _Stop or my Mom Will Poop_ _Crouching Tiger; Hidden Poop_ _A History of Poop_ or perhaps _A Poop of Violence_ Sorry in advance… ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-words-that-are-funny/449241/22 "2008-05-14T18:48:39Z")
Two words I find funny: Canoodle Sesamoid ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-words-that-are-funny/449241/23 "2008-05-14T18:55:26Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] Another funny vegetable: Rhubarb. [/QUOTE] Rhubarb! I was trying to remember rhubarb! That was one of them, totally! [QUOTE=Zsofia] Bird. Say it a few times. Bird. Bird bird bird bird bird. [/QUOTE] My son used to have this cool pc program called KidWorks deluxe that would let you write a book, illustrate it, and then it would print it out so that you could fold the pages up into a little book – it was real cool. When you finished the story, it would read it back to you out loud, in a bug voice. Anyway, one feature was these virtual stickers. Wherever you put these stickers, the program would read it back as a word in that funny atonal computer speech – you know, it sounded sorta like Stephen Hawking. So we used to make these little [tone poems:](http://h1.ripway.com/brujaja/bird4.mp3) “bird bird bird bird pelican pelican bird bird bird bird pelican pelican bird bird bird bird nest nest eagle nest eagle nest vulture vulture penguin penguin vulture vulture penguin penguin vulture vulture bird bird bird bird pelican…” Maybe you had to be there, but we would always fall out laughing. Still do, if one of us says “bird bird bird bird.” Thanks for the happy memory, **Zsofia**! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-words-that-are-funny/449241/24 "2008-05-14T19:19:03Z")
Geoduck ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-words-that-are-funny/449241/25 "2008-05-14T19:40:29Z")
Zinc. Puerile. Enjambment. Spongiform. Quidnunc. Cassowary. Farthing. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-words-that-are-funny/449241/26 "2008-05-14T19:46:14Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] Cassowary. [/QUOTE] Emu! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-words-that-are-funny/449241/27 "2008-05-14T19:47:15Z")
antidisestablishmentarianism ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-words-that-are-funny/449241/28 "2008-05-14T20:35:18Z")
Worcestershire sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-words-that-are-funny/449241/29 "2008-05-14T20:39:06Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] Emu! [/QUOTE] A Zen cutter. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-words-that-are-funny/449241/30 "2008-05-14T20:52:05Z")
Swoop! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-words-that-are-funny/449241/31 "2008-05-14T21:17:25Z")
befuddle ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-words-that-are-funny/449241/32 "2008-05-14T22:00:24Z")
Badger! ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-words-that-are-funny/449241/33 "2008-05-14T22:08:56Z")
Spelunker. Especially when used on the less literate: Me: “Why you… you… SPELUNKER!!” Them: 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-words-that-are-funny/449241/34 "2008-05-14T22:53:36Z")
vibraphone Wankel rotary engine ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-words-that-are-funny/449241/35 "2008-05-15T00:15:32Z")
Bilabial Frickative. (don’t get all excited - it’s just a Bronx Cheer) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-words-that-are-funny/449241/36 "2008-05-15T03:44:11Z")
wainscotting spleen matriculate Walla Walla Cucamonga ---
**Author:** ![threnodyangelfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@threnodyangelfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threnodyangelfire)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-words-that-are-funny/449241/37 "2008-05-15T03:48:17Z")
chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken chicken ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-words-that-are-funny/449241/38 "2008-05-15T04:05:09Z")
Philately. Fricassee. Fracas, foible, falferol, fandango. Frou-frou. ---
**Author:** ![Rachael\_Rage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Rachael\_Rage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachael_Rage)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-words-that-are-funny/449241/39 "2008-05-15T05:34:29Z")
Spatula. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2008, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-words-that-are-funny/449241/40 "2008-05-15T08:01:38Z")
Superdelegate. I’m not counting whatever amusement one might derive from imagining politicians with heat vision, the power of flight or telekinesis or whatever. It’s just fun to say. If you say it fast, it sounds kind of Asian, like something Godzilla might battle. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-words-that-are-funny/449241.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-words-that-are-funny/449241.md?page=3)