What's a Funny Word?

Mr Casson · 24-03-2005, 06:44 PM

I reckon 'poo' is making a comeback. Simple, sounds funny and crude - does the job perfectly.

As with everything I do, I'm going to tell you the story behind this. Last night at work, I went to the toilet and it smelt quite odd - not unusual for a lavatory, I know; but the smell was not your usual crop of festering faeces and that dank urine odour - it was Chinese food. Now I'm really starting to question Chinese food... or maybe it was just because there's a Chinese restaurant downstairs. Who knows? All I know is that I started thinking about the word 'poo' and began laughing hysterically.

I also opine that 'gherkin' is a funny word.

_Ed_ · 24-03-2005, 06:58 PM

What a magnificent thread. I have always found bucket to be a very funny word, I'm not totally sure why. And several body parts have funny names (do they count as words?) such as bladder and spleen.

Cheese is another classic. As is waddle. And poodle. And goose. In fact a lot of words with double letters in them are funny. Wonder if there's any connection between having a double letter and being funny?

Definitely agree with poo though. Great word it is.

Mr Casson · 24-03-2005, 07:15 PM

Wow Ed, great post! Loads of good 'uns in there. Popsicle is another one for me.

vic_orthdox · 24-03-2005, 07:57 PM

goose...or even the plural form...gooses

Mr Casson · 24-03-2005, 08:03 PM

Oh!! I was watching Along Came Polly the other day, and I have to say that 'shart' is probably the funniest. Word. Ever.

_Ed_ · 24-03-2005, 08:30 PM

Yes! Shart is brilliant.

You know how heaps of words ending in -us have the plural -i, like octopus/octopi, cactus/cacti, etc? Well, shouldn't bus then have the plural bi?

Buddhmaster · 24-03-2005, 08:39 PM

Pimple and lollypop are weird words.

Robertinho · 24-03-2005, 08:46 PM

Poo, gherkin, spleen, goose, all words that could make me crack up. ESPECIALLY spleen.

"Scrotum" is also sickly funny...

Linda · 24-03-2005, 09:01 PM

Cockroach has always been a killer for our family because a Great Uncle pronounces it "****-a-roach". Funny.
Also my dad always makes fun of me and calls D Martyn "Dame-Dame", which sounds hilarious imo.

Edit- LOOOL! Its blanked out part of the funny word, but you get the idea..

Robertinho · 24-03-2005, 09:04 PM

Haha, I just said c0ck-a-roach, it is indeed up there amongst the greats.

lord_of_darkness · 25-03-2005, 12:17 AM

Willy has to be a funny word for *****.. makes me laugh everytime..

Mr Casson · 25-03-2005, 12:19 AM

Gorgonzola.

BoyBrumby · 25-03-2005, 12:45 AM

"Pants" is a funny word, as are "knickers", "knockers" & "knackers". My personal fav tho is "Uranus", although annoyingly most astronomers now pronounce it as "Ur-ran-us" instead of "Your-anus", which has been hysterical to schoolchildren for so many years. I think this sad change can be traced to the spacecraft that was sent there in the 80s; they were too embarrassed to talk about "finding rings around Uranus", "probing Uranus" or "finding moons behind Uranus".

It isn't so much a word as a phrase, but my gf is Scottish (or pretends to be) and is a fan of "c0ck-a-leeky soup", which I find never less than hilarious!

One that gives me joy on a daily basis is "client". I'd better explain this one, I work in a Job Centre (for non-UK readers this is where the unemployed come to sign-on & claim their dole). I'm relatively new to it (started last Nov) & my new colleges couldn't understand my schoolboy tittering ("tittering" is funny too BTW!) whenever they spoke of "clients". It's because my mum, been slightly old-fashioned will not say the c-word (you know which one I mean...) & her preferred euphemism for it is "client"!

When I explained no-one in my office can now unselfconsciously use the word without meaning it in the same way as Mama Brumby!

Top_Cat · 25-03-2005, 01:46 AM

Schpadoinkle
Rufus
Eleventy-Eight (shut up, it's hyphenated)
Barry
Bosom

Mr Casson · 25-03-2005, 01:48 AM

Apart from 'schpadoinkle', I don't see how any of the others are funny!

24-03-2005, 06:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mr Casson Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sydney Posts: 9,653	What's a Funny Word? I reckon 'poo' is making a comeback. Simple, sounds funny and crude - does the job perfectly. As with everything I do, I'm going to tell you the story behind this. Last night at work, I went to the toilet and it smelt quite odd - not unusual for a lavatory, I know; but the smell was not your usual crop of festering faeces and that dank urine odour - it was Chinese food. Now I'm really starting to question Chinese food... or maybe it was just because there's a Chinese restaurant downstairs. Who knows? All I know is that I started thinking about the word 'poo' and began laughing hysterically. I also opine that 'gherkin' is a funny word. __________________ 'Copperfield,' said Mr. Micawber, 'farewell! Every happiness and prosperity! If, in the progress of revolving years, I could persuade myself that my blighted destiny had been a warning to you, I should feel that I had not occupied another man's place in existence altogether in vain. - Wilkins Micawber

24-03-2005, 08:46 PM	#8 (permalink)
Robertinho Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Testing Forums into the Sunset Posts: 8,442	Poo, gherkin, spleen, goose, all words that could make me crack up. ESPECIALLY spleen. "Scrotum" is also sickly funny... __________________ "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - for ever."

24-03-2005, 09:01 PM	#9 (permalink)
Linda International Vice-Captain Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Perth, West Aus Posts: 4,705	Cockroach has always been a killer for our family because a Great Uncle pronounces it "**-a-roach". Funny. Also my dad always makes fun of me and calls D Martyn "Dame-Dame", which sounds hilarious imo. Edit- LOOOL! Its blanked out part of the funny word, but you get the idea.. __________________ "I know I underperformed but after the past 18 months I thought I might have received more than four Test matches' grace." - DR Martyn. "Is there any way to make it longer?" Peter English on Twenty20 Official Face of the v. hip 'Twenty20 Is Boring Society'**

25-03-2005, 12:17 AM	#11 (permalink)
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25-03-2005, 12:45 AM	#13 (permalink)
BoyBrumby Englishman Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Doing the stance Posts: 42,629	"Pants" is a funny word, as are "knickers", "knockers" & "knackers". My personal fav tho is "Uranus", although annoyingly most astronomers now pronounce it as "Ur-ran-us" instead of "Your-anus", which has been hysterical to schoolchildren for so many years. I think this sad change can be traced to the spacecraft that was sent there in the 80s; they were too embarrassed to talk about "finding rings around Uranus", "probing Uranus" or "finding moons behind Uranus". It isn't so much a word as a phrase, but my gf is Scottish (or pretends to be) and is a fan of "c0ck-a-leeky soup", which I find never less than hilarious! One that gives me joy on a daily basis is "client". I'd better explain this one, I work in a Job Centre (for non-UK readers this is where the unemployed come to sign-on & claim their dole). I'm relatively new to it (started last Nov) & my new colleges couldn't understand my schoolboy tittering ("tittering" is funny too BTW!) whenever they spoke of "clients". It's because my mum, been slightly old-fashioned will not say the c-word (you know which one I mean...) & her preferred euphemism for it is "client"! When I explained no-one in my office can now unselfconsciously use the word without meaning it in the same way as Mama Brumby! __________________ *- As featured in The Independent.* "This is not the time for namby-pamby promising youngsters who might just do something; not the time for building for the future. Pragmatism rules and they don't come more pragmatic than Rogers." - Victor Marks makes the case for stiff-legged and stiff-armed 35 year old left-handers in Ashes squads

24-03-2005, 06:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
_Ed_ Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Auckland, Aotearoa Posts: 19,103	What a magnificent thread. I have always found bucket to be a very funny word, I'm not totally sure why. And several body parts have funny names (do they count as words?) such as bladder and spleen. Cheese is another classic. As is waddle. And poodle. And goose. In fact a lot of words with double letters in them are funny. Wonder if there's any connection between having a double letter and being funny? Definitely agree with poo though. Great word it is.

24-03-2005, 07:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mr Casson Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sydney Posts: 9,653	Wow Ed, great post! Loads of good 'uns in there. Popsicle is another one for me.

24-03-2005, 07:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
vic_orthdox Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 24,365	goose...or even the plural form...gooses

24-03-2005, 08:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mr Casson Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sydney Posts: 9,653	Oh!! I was watching Along Came Polly the other day, and I have to say that 'shart' is probably the funniest. Word. Ever.

24-03-2005, 08:30 PM	#6 (permalink)
_Ed_ Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Auckland, Aotearoa Posts: 19,103	Yes! Shart is brilliant. You know how heaps of words ending in -us have the plural -i, like octopus/octopi, cactus/cacti, etc? Well, shouldn't bus then have the plural bi?

24-03-2005, 08:39 PM	#7 (permalink)
Buddhmaster International Captain Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Same place as the Ashes Posts: 5,615	Pimple and lollypop are weird words.

24-03-2005, 09:04 PM	#10 (permalink)
Robertinho Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Testing Forums into the Sunset Posts: 8,442	Haha, I just said c0ck-a-roach, it is indeed up there amongst the greats.

25-03-2005, 12:19 AM	#12 (permalink)
Mr Casson Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sydney Posts: 9,653	Gorgonzola.

25-03-2005, 01:46 AM	#14 (permalink)
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25-03-2005, 01:48 AM	#15 (permalink)
Mr Casson Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sydney Posts: 9,653	Apart from 'schpadoinkle', I don't see how any of the others are funny!

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