# Words that are just darn fun to say **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 2, 2005, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-just-darn-fun-to-say/306500 "2005-06-02T04:20:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-just-darn-fun-to-say/306500/1 "2005-06-02T04:20:04Z")
Monkey. Monkey is fun to say. Try it. Monkeymonkeymonkey. Sheboygan. Nipply. As in, “It’s a wee bit nipply outside today!” Mundane and pointless? You’re darn skippy. Got any more? ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-just-darn-fun-to-say/306500/2 "2005-06-02T04:21:13Z")
weasel ---
**Author:** ![RunAmok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@RunAmok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RunAmok)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-just-darn-fun-to-say/306500/3 "2005-06-02T04:23:35Z")
Amok, amok, amok, amok, amok! ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-just-darn-fun-to-say/306500/4 "2005-06-02T04:25:11Z")
persnickity oblong botulism peewee ---
**Author:** ![Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/soul_brother_number_two/32/3515_2.png) [@Soul\_Brother\_Number\_Two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soul_Brother_Number_Two)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-just-darn-fun-to-say/306500/5 "2005-06-02T04:34:28Z")
topping Blaupunkt Hammurabi veciloraptor (sp) pie Opal ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-just-darn-fun-to-say/306500/6 "2005-06-02T04:51:18Z")
I started studying Finnish, and like J. R. R. Tolkien I was blown away by its sounds. Just taking the word for “ripple” and running through its case declensions is like a piece of music. _väreillä_ - ripple _väreillillä_ - on the ripples _väreilliltä_ - from the ripples _väreillille_ - to the ripples ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-just-darn-fun-to-say/306500/7 "2005-06-02T04:53:09Z")
Gelatinous! ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-just-darn-fun-to-say/306500/8 "2005-06-02T04:57:15Z")
serendippity snickerdoodle labradoodle dipshit pedinkle pedoodle ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-just-darn-fun-to-say/306500/9 "2005-06-02T05:09:31Z")
finagle glomp rhubarb banana ---
**Author:** ![aurelian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@aurelian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurelian)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-just-darn-fun-to-say/306500/10 "2005-06-02T05:12:23Z")
quixotic exegesis (two words that I always swear I’m mispronouncing because they just sound goofy to me) ---
**Author:** ![Unregistered\_Bull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3da27b/32.png) [@Unregistered\_Bull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unregistered_Bull)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-just-darn-fun-to-say/306500/11 "2005-06-02T05:17:32Z")
Culiacán ---
**Author:** ![Dinaroozie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Dinaroozie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinaroozie)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-just-darn-fun-to-say/306500/12 "2005-06-02T05:20:21Z")
I like ‘agglutinate’. Also ‘subterfuge’, and ‘plenipotentiary’. ~ Isaac ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-just-darn-fun-to-say/306500/13 "2005-06-02T05:24:04Z")
Gelatinous, indeed. Foghat. Zealous. ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-just-darn-fun-to-say/306500/14 "2005-06-02T05:27:29Z")
onomatopoeia surreptitious bailiwick ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-just-darn-fun-to-say/306500/15 "2005-06-02T06:07:40Z")
Quark. Quark quark quark quark quark quark! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-just-darn-fun-to-say/306500/16 "2005-06-02T06:23:23Z")
Oaxaca Discombobulated Abacinate ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-just-darn-fun-to-say/306500/17 "2005-06-02T06:44:37Z")
capitulate flatulent ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-just-darn-fun-to-say/306500/18 "2005-06-02T06:58:20Z")
Rhododendron ---
**Author:** ![atalaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/34f0e0/32.png) [@atalaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atalaya)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-just-darn-fun-to-say/306500/19 "2005-06-02T07:46:10Z")
fricative I swear. A lot. If I ever have children, this is going to be a VERY important part of my vocabulary. Try it with me: What. The. FRICATIVE! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2005, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-just-darn-fun-to-say/306500/20 "2005-06-02T07:56:47Z")
Spatula Loblolly Lackadaisical [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-that-are-just-darn-fun-to-say/306500.md?page=2)