# The Funny Word Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 14, 2001, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funny-word-thread/72511 "2001-07-14T21:31:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funny-word-thread/72511/21 "2001-07-15T05:50:03Z")
I’ve always been partial to “snickersnee,” myself. ---
**Author:** ![Mnementh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mnementh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mnementh)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funny-word-thread/72511/22 "2001-07-15T05:55:27Z")
doody! booger! Kukamunga! WallaWalla! Seattle! ---
**Author:** ![AbbySthrnAccent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@AbbySthrnAccent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AbbySthrnAccent)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funny-word-thread/72511/23 "2001-07-15T06:12:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Grace \* > \*\*I think **futon** is a funny word. Not only that, but I think it sounds like a bad word too. > > “Futon me? Nooooo, futon you!” \*\* **Grace,** this is hilarious! I rarely want to swear, but I think I am making Futon my personal swear word. [sub]With your permission of course.[/sub] Abby ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funny-word-thread/72511/24 "2001-07-15T06:12:53Z")
**Zebra:** Calvin and Hobbes, right? 🙂 Father: Gorn! Mother: What’s Gorn, dear? Father: Nothing, nothing, I just like the word. It gives me confidence. Gorn…gorn. It’s got a sort of woody quality about it. Gorn. Gorn. Much better than “newspaper” or “litterbin.” Daughter: Frightful words. Mother: Perfectly dreadful. Father: Ugh! Newspaper…litterbin…dreadful tinny sort of words. Tin, tin, tin. _Daughter bursts into tears_ Mother: Oh, dear, don’t say “tin” to Rebecca, you know how it upsets her. Father (to Daughter): Sorry old horse. Mother: Sausage! ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funny-word-thread/72511/25 "2001-07-15T06:57:54Z")
Zebra, I was just thinking of that! Hobbes also likes to say “quark”. I like to say: Frond Crinkle cut Pie Wow Supercede ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funny-word-thread/72511/26 "2001-07-15T06:59:01Z")
Miller, what the hell was that? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funny-word-thread/72511/27 "2001-07-15T10:56:28Z")
tomorrow cupboard motherboard ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funny-word-thread/72511/28 "2001-07-15T12:42:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AbbySthrnAccent \* > \*\*I rarely want to swear, but I think I am making Futon my personal swear word. > [sub]With your permission of course.[/sub] > > Abby \*\* Of course! It’s my desire to see futon accepted as an alternate curse word. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funny-word-thread/72511/29 "2001-07-15T13:54:40Z")
Snorkle: And I don’t see any way to get audio on my MW online. Where do I go? ---
**Author:** ![sewalk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@sewalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sewalk)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funny-word-thread/72511/30 "2001-07-15T14:24:09Z")
My personal fave, from when I was about 8, is Lake Titicaca. It was quite a riot in class when we found it in an atlas. 24 years later, it still cracks me up. ---
**Author:** ![Wicked\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/2acd7d/32.png) [@Wicked\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wicked_Blue)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funny-word-thread/72511/31 "2001-07-15T14:36:01Z")
Lozenge is my funny word. I say it ‘Lah-zennnnn-ge’. Oh, you have a sore throat? Would you like a lozenge? Lozenge lozenge lozenge… Hee, I’m laughing right now. 🙂 Rose ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funny-word-thread/72511/32 "2001-07-15T18:04:10Z")
I’ve always loved “hemoglobin” or, as the british would spell it “hæmoglobin”. Say it fast , or stretch it out.It’s just a fun word to say! ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funny-word-thread/72511/33 "2001-07-15T18:55:59Z")
BAMBOO BAMBOO BAMBOO! ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funny-word-thread/72511/34 "2001-07-15T19:04:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mnementh \* > \*\* > > Kukamunga! WallaWalla! Seattle! \*\* Stop it, you’re killing me! \ heh heh…seattle… ---
**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:** [July 15, 2001, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funny-word-thread/72511/35 "2001-07-15T19:47:32Z")
I’ve always been partial to: **Fart** “ **F** or **A** ccelerating **R** ude **T** oxins” ---
**Author:** ![katiekilldare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/838e76/32.png) [@katiekilldare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katiekilldare)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funny-word-thread/72511/36 "2001-07-15T21:49:46Z")
**Edited**. Sounds like “Ed Ed Ed Ed”. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funny-word-thread/72511/37 "2001-07-15T22:34:38Z")
Pope. Potato. Cube. Quark. Fruit. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funny-word-thread/72511/38 "2001-07-15T22:43:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > \*\ ***Crunchy** : If you like Malibu so much, have you tried caribou? Sing it like Frank Black from The Pixies. Caribooo-ooo-ooo! \*\* [Homer Simpson] Mmmmmm… caribooo [/Homer Simpson] I’d also like to formally add **aardvark** and 75% of words that originated in Australia. **Diggeredoo** springs to mind. ---
**Author:** ![occ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@occ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/occ)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funny-word-thread/72511/39 "2001-07-15T23:09:44Z")
Some of my favorites: Napkin (Brings to mind imagery of little gnome-like creatures. The Keebler Napkins, perhaps?) Pillow (Sounds like what it is, I guess. A big fat thing you can hit people with). Diphthong (Even funnier when pronounced “Dipthong”). More to come if I think of any. ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2001, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funny-word-thread/72511/40 "2001-07-15T23:19:31Z")
My $0.02 Food Vacuum Snorkel Pome Spackel You can tell the quality of the artist by the quality of his SMOCK! -Soup [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funny-word-thread/72511.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-funny-word-thread/72511.md?page=3)