# Words you find giggle worthy **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 4, 2001, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-find-giggle-worthy/67475 "2001-06-04T03:37:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![JonScribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-find-giggle-worthy/67475/41 "2001-06-05T07:31:33Z")
Like Zippy the Pinhead, I’ll sometimes find myself repeating a word or name over and over, just because of the way it “feels” when I pronounce it. Wouldn’t you know it, I can’t think of any just now. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-find-giggle-worthy/67475/42 "2001-06-05T07:48:36Z")
Here’s a word that is giggle worthy but also disgusting… **scab** It brings a shiver but laughable at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![straykat23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@straykat23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straykat23)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-find-giggle-worthy/67475/43 "2001-06-05T07:49:51Z")
Lickety-split. Do-wop. Squish. Nepalese. Huckleberry. Oodle, tootle, noodle, strudle. Boolean. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-find-giggle-worthy/67475/44 "2001-06-05T08:08:24Z")
**ointment** ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-find-giggle-worthy/67475/45 "2001-06-05T10:15:18Z")
Guinastasia came close to this, but I’m surprised nobody’s said this right out. It struck me earlier, while talking about my best friend, that the word “penis” is extremely bizarre and, yes, giggle-worthy. [sub]Penis[/sub] Penis… **PENIS!!!** ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-find-giggle-worthy/67475/46 "2001-06-05T10:32:14Z")
For some reason, _Arapaho_ makes me laugh. This comes up a lot because there is a major street named that in my area. ---
**Author:** ![gadgetgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@gadgetgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gadgetgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-find-giggle-worthy/67475/47 "2001-06-05T10:43:06Z")
butthole. biscuit-head. doofus. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-find-giggle-worthy/67475/48 "2001-06-05T11:16:34Z")
Titikaka-as in Lake Titikaka…I know I’m misspelling it. ---
**Author:** ![dodge\_this](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@dodge\_this](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dodge_this)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2001, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-find-giggle-worthy/67475/49 "2001-06-05T11:30:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > \*\ ***Regina**. > Capital city of **Saskatchewan**. > > Pronounced reej-eye-nah > > Ginger \*\* Hey, that’s my name! Strangely, the word ‘shite’ always puts a smile on my face. And you have to say it with a really thick accent. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Gui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@El\_Gui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Gui)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-find-giggle-worthy/67475/50 "2001-06-06T03:54:56Z")
“Rambunctious” and “Roly-Poly” . . especially when used to describe cute little fat kids! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![exchicagoan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/0ea827/32.png) [@exchicagoan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/exchicagoan)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-find-giggle-worthy/67475/51 "2001-06-06T04:35:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JonScribe \* > \*\*Like Zippy the Pinhead, I’ll sometimes find myself repeating a word or name over and over, just because of the way it “feels” when I pronounce it. > > Wouldn’t you know it, I can’t think of any just now. > > \*\* Mine, that falls into the above catagory, is “FROM”. Say it several times and it loses all meaning and you end up singing THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY. Love----WINAMUCCA, PODUNK, SQUAT, FREEBIE, BODACIOUS, MICHAEL CAINE’S character’s name in ZULU—GONVILLE BROMHEAD; now THERE’S a name to be reckoned with. ---
**Author:** ![dp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecd19e/32.png) [@dp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dp)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-find-giggle-worthy/67475/52 "2001-06-06T04:53:58Z")
poontang ---
**Author:** ![Bboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@Bboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bboy)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-find-giggle-worthy/67475/53 "2001-06-06T06:52:26Z")
For sounding like what they aren’t: Uvula Titter Shih Tzu Shiitake …and just for the sheer enjoyment of the way they sound (per the OP): Oolong Geoduck (officially pronounced gwe-duck…but to my midwestern ears, it sounds like those Seattlites are saying GOOEY-duck) Lagoon Squeegee Diphthong Spleen Yaw Squint Pablum Glans Pectin Hallibut Quirk Zucchinni ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-find-giggle-worthy/67475/54 "2001-06-06T06:59:04Z")
What about… “Titicaca”? ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-find-giggle-worthy/67475/55 "2001-06-06T07:32:36Z")
Every once in a while, words just seem to fit: smegma mucus tinkle and some seem alien (although the two combined can be quite a hoot): plethora areole and sometimes, you just want to buy a vowel: syzygy ---
**Author:** ![silent\_rob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-find-giggle-worthy/67475/56 "2001-06-06T10:31:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by GingerOfTheNorth \* > \*\ ***Regina**. > Capital city of **Saskatchewan**. > > Pronounced reej-eye-nah\*\* Ah, yes, a joke that is told by every rock group that visits my home town. “Do you guys know what Regina rhymes with? _teeheehee_” Yep…I’ll just be out here having a beverage, you guys give me a shout when you’re finished up. Just joking with you, **Ginger**. 😉 It’s just that I’ve heard that one quite a lot… ---
**Author:** ![Darqangelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecccb3/32.png) [@Darqangelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darqangelle)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-find-giggle-worthy/67475/57 "2001-06-06T11:21:35Z")
Guar Gum ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-find-giggle-worthy/67475/58 "2001-06-06T12:34:46Z")
Man, some of these never struck me as funny until I read this thread. Now I’m giggling uncontrollably at work. my additions: Piano Diaper Moist Succasunna (town in New Jersey) and a second (third?) to PANTIES 😃 Ron ---
**Author:** ![GlazeCrazed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GlazeCrazed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GlazeCrazed)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-find-giggle-worthy/67475/59 "2001-06-06T21:49:05Z")
…but it makes sense. None the less, it makes people laugh when they hear it. The name for a fork with three tines is? A threek! GlazeCrazed - PETOC ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2001, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-you-find-giggle-worthy/67475/60 "2001-06-06T22:07:47Z")
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