# Ointment! Amphibians! A funny word thread! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 4, 2001, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ointment-amphibians-a-funny-word-thread/67473 "2001-06-04T02:56:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2001, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ointment-amphibians-a-funny-word-thread/67473/21 "2001-06-04T10:08:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by don’t ask \* > \*\*I’m surprised TheLoadedDog hasn’t mentioned what I have always considered the funniest word in the English language > > chook > > It’s so appropriate, the common slang (in Australia, at least) for a chicken. So fitting for that noble bird. \*\* Strewth mate, how could I forget the noble **chook**? Blody flamin’ galah I am. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2001, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ointment-amphibians-a-funny-word-thread/67473/22 "2001-06-04T10:18:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Little Bird \* > **Hemi-Demi-Semi-Quaver. It means 8th note.** Actually, the quaver is the 8th note and the hemidemisemiquaver is the 64th note. [Names of the notes and their values](http://www.xrefer.com/entry.jsp?xrefid=243028&secid=.-) [And a big welcome to the boards from another little (but feisty) bird!] Speaking of funny words- Dickcissel ---
**Author:** ![wayward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wayward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wayward)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2001, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ointment-amphibians-a-funny-word-thread/67473/23 "2001-06-04T10:39:50Z")
**Dirigible** and **Spatchcock** I could say that all day long. Spatchcock, spatchcock spatchcock, spatchcock. 😃 [Just realised I’m in triple figures. Woohoo!] ---
**Author:** ![Medea\_s\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Medea\_s\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medea_s_Child)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2001, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ointment-amphibians-a-funny-word-thread/67473/24 "2001-06-04T11:18:20Z")
impugn. I love that word. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2001, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ointment-amphibians-a-funny-word-thread/67473/25 "2001-06-04T11:21:26Z")
Plutonium. Just say it. Plutonium. “How is your Plutonium today?” ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2001, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ointment-amphibians-a-funny-word-thread/67473/26 "2001-06-04T11:53:49Z")
Sousaphone “Heard from John Phillip today?” “Yeah. He called on the Sousaphone.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![yelmalio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a5b964/32.png) [@yelmalio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yelmalio)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2001, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ointment-amphibians-a-funny-word-thread/67473/27 "2001-06-04T12:09:20Z")
In no particular order. [list] [li]Glurge[/li][li]Anistropy[/li][li]Decrescendo[/li][li]Noggin[/li][li]Libido[/li]Recapitulation ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2001, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ointment-amphibians-a-funny-word-thread/67473/28 "2001-06-04T12:23:56Z")
Belgium ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2001, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ointment-amphibians-a-funny-word-thread/67473/29 "2001-06-04T12:49:40Z")
Monongahela ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2001, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ointment-amphibians-a-funny-word-thread/67473/30 "2001-06-04T13:00:38Z")
Banana. Sooooooup. Feathers. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2001, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ointment-amphibians-a-funny-word-thread/67473/31 "2001-06-04T13:01:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Annie-Xmas \* > \*\*Banana. > Sooooooup. > Feathers. > \*\* Damn. Fogot bruhaha. Now that’s the funniest word. ---
**Author:** ![missdavis102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7feea3/32.png) [@missdavis102](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missdavis102)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2001, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ointment-amphibians-a-funny-word-thread/67473/32 "2001-06-04T16:00:34Z")
Sluice Moot Eugenics…wait, that one’s not funny. Ummm, :🤔: Waddle Spittle Golf Stumble Wink Nudge Know-whatta-mean Kumquat Artichoke English Pea Cheese Whippersnapper Salvo Fenestra Epiphany Clamber ---
**Author:** ![wayward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wayward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wayward)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2001, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ointment-amphibians-a-funny-word-thread/67473/33 "2001-06-04T16:08:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Me \* > > I could say that all day long. Spatchcock, spatchcock spatchcock, spatchcock. 😃 > > \*\* Actually no, no I couldn’t. I tried it and it’s a bitch of a tongue-twister. It’s best as a single, unprovoked outburst. **SPATCHCOCK!** See? ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2001, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ointment-amphibians-a-funny-word-thread/67473/34 "2001-06-04T17:28:18Z")
Codswallop Hornswaggle Plethora Hellzapoppin’ Bromdingnagian swarm new-fangled ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2001, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ointment-amphibians-a-funny-word-thread/67473/35 "2001-06-04T17:39:06Z")
criminy dodecahedron Embarcadero ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2001, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ointment-amphibians-a-funny-word-thread/67473/36 "2001-06-04T18:36:38Z")
Snack. Pants. Episcopalian. Befuddled. Slurry. Tincture. Muscat and Muskrat. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2001, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ointment-amphibians-a-funny-word-thread/67473/37 "2001-06-04T18:44:19Z")
Also, beans. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_The\_Younger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@Paul\_The\_Younger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_The_Younger)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2001, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ointment-amphibians-a-funny-word-thread/67473/38 "2001-06-04T19:37:44Z")
splurge ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_The\_Younger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@Paul\_The\_Younger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_The_Younger)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2001, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ointment-amphibians-a-funny-word-thread/67473/39 "2001-06-04T19:41:50Z")
Also,[ul] plumb numb gauge cumulonimbus[/ul] Just noticing that I seem to find the letter U the most humorous one… ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2001, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ointment-amphibians-a-funny-word-thread/67473/40 "2001-06-04T19:47:53Z")
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