I think 'ruin' is one of the funniest words in the English language. It rolls off the tongue in a cool way. There's lots of words like that which I think are funny. Here's more funny words...
mayhem
tirade
harangue
viaduct
engulf
I like the word 'grumble' too. I remember the time in 5th grade when my teacher accused me of "grumbling" instead of doing what I was told. Another funny word is 'spectacle', after my 5th grade teacher told a student, "You made a real spectacle of yourself."
moist
You spend a lot of time on your elementary school days, huh?
Phooey! (<- a nod to my late Grandfather, who used to use that word when he couldn't find something) :-D
Quote from: route17fan on April 29, 2015, 11:20:11 AM
Phooey! (<- a nod to my late Grandfather, who used to use that word when he couldn't find something) :-D
Hong Kong Phooey
Ha! I forgot about that :-D :-D
Quote from: Pete from Boston on April 29, 2015, 10:32:01 AM
You spend a lot of time on your elementary school days, huh?
I have also noticed this. I don't remember jack shit from my years at primary school. Bandit's memory is either amazing or he loves to reminisce.
Either way, no offence mate.
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On-topic: My uncle says "Jiminy Christmas" all the time. Always makes me chuckle.
Quote from: jakeroot on April 29, 2015, 01:29:28 PM
Quote from: Pete from Boston on April 29, 2015, 10:32:01 AM
You spend a lot of time on your elementary school days, huh?
I have also noticed this. I don't remember jack shit from my years at primary school. Bandit's memory is either amazing or he loves to reminisce.
Either way, no offence mate.
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On-topic: My uncle says "Jiminy Christmas" all the time. Always makes me chuckle.
I say Jiminy Christmas all the time when dealing with a snafu...that also happens to be another funny anagram-turned-word.
Quote from: cjk374 on April 29, 2015, 03:12:56 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on April 29, 2015, 01:29:28 PM
Quote from: Pete from Boston on April 29, 2015, 10:32:01 AM
You spend a lot of time on your elementary school days, huh?
I have also noticed this. I don't remember jack shit from my years at primary school. Bandit's memory is either amazing or he loves to reminisce.
Either way, no offence mate.
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On-topic: My uncle says "Jiminy Christmas" all the time. Always makes me chuckle.
I say Jiminy Christmas all the time when dealing with a snafu...that also happens to be another funny anagram-turned-word.
I always thought "Heavens to Murgatroyd!" was funny.
For me, it's the ones that start with strange letter combinations.
fjord
czar
tsunami
djinn
khaki
qat
mnemonic
pneumonia
Also funny are these admonitions frequently spoken by adults back in my day, in increasing order of severity...
"I'm gonna brain you!"
"I'm gonna blast you!"
"I'm gonna smash you!"
"You...have...HAD IT!!!"
I think I only heard the last one maybe once or twice ever. That's how serious it was.
Cackle
'Rectify' is a funny word.
As a place name. Intercourse, Blue Ball, and Bird in hand.
Bollocks is a fun word.
Vestibule
Ostensibly
Vehicle
Mezzanine.
Sweet.
Turkeyslap.
Quote from: bandit957 on April 29, 2015, 03:33:37 PM
Quote from: cjk374 on April 29, 2015, 03:12:56 PM
Quote from: jakeroot on April 29, 2015, 01:29:28 PM
Quote from: Pete from Boston on April 29, 2015, 10:32:01 AM
You spend a lot of time on your elementary school days, huh?
I have also noticed this. I don't remember jack shit from my years at primary school. Bandit's memory is either amazing or he loves to reminisce.
Either way, no offence mate.
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On-topic: My uncle says "Jiminy Christmas" all the time. Always makes me chuckle.
I say Jiminy Christmas all the time when dealing with a snafu...that also happens to be another funny anagram-turned-word.
I always thought "Heavens to Murgatroyd!" was funny.
I say "Heavens to murgatroyd" also. That comes from the Hanna Barbera character Sagglepuss.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Fwpj27hlP4
I'm pretty partial to "fiasco" and "debacle" myself. It was kind of a running joke amongst my friends for a while to discuss a happening at work and then have a mock debate as to whether it was classified as a debacle or a fiasco. The difference being that a fiasco was usually started with some sort of grand intent from management that just blew up in their face, while a debacle just sorta happened.
Something I've been doing lately is to substitute "dollars" for "money" in places where it doesn't really fit. It sounds stodgy and silly to say "We made lots of dollars today" instead of the normal "We made lots of money today".
It also find it fun to use specific, non-round numbers when exaggerating for effect. "There were, like, a hundred people cashing checks today" becomes "There were, like, 157 people cashing checks today".
Quote from: Scott5114 on April 29, 2015, 10:15:49 PM
I'm pretty partial to "fiasco" and "debacle" myself.
'Disaster' is always useful.
Quote from: Scott5114 on April 29, 2015, 10:15:49 PM
It also find it fun to use specific, non-round numbers when exaggerating for effect. "There were, like, a hundred people cashing checks today" becomes "There were, like, 157 people cashing checks today".
I've done this on occasion as well.
One thing my best friend and I do is go back and forth with Jeremy Clarkson-style overenunciations.
(Fast forward to 1:44 to hear an example)
Other examples including writing out "yes" as "yezzz" and "diseases" as "dizzeezzezz".
The word 'incident' is always useful to describe someone wetting or soiling their pants. Once when I was growing up, someone soiled themselves at a Kroger supermarket, and my grandmother called it "the Kroger incident."
"Incident" is useful in pretty much every situation.
My group of friends has recently taken to referring to #1 as "primary bathroom functions" and #2 as "secondary bathroom functions" after an email from management referred to them that way. Gotta go do a secondary.
I like the word "hoy" (the H is not silent; it's Filipino, not Spanish). It's used to get someone's attention, but I tend to use it sometimes in the following ways:
* interjection of surprise or mild dismay: "Hoy! The server crashed." Slightly more intense than "bu hao", when a test or network connection fails
* adjective meaning desirable or admirable: "That kimchi is hoy."
A little of this goes a long way, though.
Also, kilikili, wala, anak, puwit, bomba, magulogged (sp?) and a few others are fun to say
Quote from: SteveG1988 on April 29, 2015, 05:05:38 PM
As a place name. Intercourse, Blue Ball, and Bird in hand.
Don't forget Leacock Township in the same neck of the woods. Also, gotta love Beaver Valley Pike. I miss my frequent trips to Lancaster County and all of their sexual innuendos. Come to think of it...innuendo is a funny word.
Quote from: signalman on April 30, 2015, 03:20:29 AM
Quote from: SteveG1988 on April 29, 2015, 05:05:38 PM
As a place name. Intercourse, Blue Ball, and Bird in hand.
Don't forget Leacock Township in the same neck of the woods. Also, gotta love Beaver Valley Pike. I miss my frequent trips to Lancaster County and all of their sexual innuendos. Come to think of it...innuendo is a funny word.
A few from Alabama: All Good, Good Hope, and New Hope.
^^ There is a little town by me called Little Hope
Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft.
And I wrote that from memory :sombrero:.
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on April 30, 2015, 06:07:47 PM
Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft.
And I wrote that from memory :sombrero:.
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Quote from: SteveG1988 on April 30, 2015, 09:18:49 PM
Wankel Rotary Engine
In the same vein, the Turboencabulator:
https://youtu.be/MXW0bx_Ooq4
Onomatopoeia - such a long word to describe something simple - a word that represents a sound
hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia - the fear of long words. :bigass:
Quote from: Scott5114 on April 30, 2015, 01:46:08 AM
My group of friends has recently taken to referring to #1 as "primary bathroom functions" and #2 as "secondary bathroom functions" after an email from management referred to them that way. Gotta go do a secondary.
I usually call those "advanced procedures".
Onomatopoeia and supercalifragilisticexpialadocious.
Yaw
Paw
Maw
Jaw
Mandible
She used her paw to fill her maw which induced yaw in her jaw and mandible.
Mullet
Some letters are funnier than others. F, J, and K are funny letters. So are U and Y. On the other hand, A, B, C, G, and H aren't that funny.
I mean this in contexts where letters are used outside of words. Taking the U train would be funnier than taking the C train, or picking up your luggage at Baggage Claim J would be funnier than from Baggage Claim A.
pooing
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pooing
do
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all
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Quote from: Scott5114 on May 05, 2015, 06:51:14 AM
On the other hand, A, B, C, G, and H aren't that funny.
We have a contradiction.
Quote from: bandit957 on April 29, 2015, 10:34:23 PM
The word 'incident' is always useful to describe someone wetting or soiling their pants. Once when I was growing up, someone soiled themselves at a Kroger supermarket, and my grandmother called it "the Kroger incident."
Quote from: Scott5114 on April 30, 2015, 01:46:08 AM
"Incident" is useful in pretty much every situation.
My group of friends has recently taken to referring to #1 as "primary bathroom functions" and #2 as "secondary bathroom functions" after an email from management referred to them that way. Gotta go do a secondary.
We have a guy here whose title is Incident Management Coordinator. The work vehicle he drives is labeled Incident Response Unit.
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Quote from: bandit957 on April 29, 2015, 10:34:23 PM
The word 'incident' is always useful to describe someone wetting or soiling their pants. Once when I was growing up, someone soiled themselves at a Kroger supermarket, and my grandmother called it "the Kroger incident."
Quote from: Scott5114 on April 30, 2015, 01:46:08 AM
"Incident" is useful in pretty much every situation.
My group of friends has recently taken to referring to #1 as "primary bathroom functions" and #2 as "secondary bathroom functions" after an email from management referred to them that way. Gotta go do a secondary.
We have a guy here whose title is Incident Management Coordinator. The work vehicle he drives is labeled Incident Response Unit.
So I guess he is the guy that drives the tanker that services the porta pottys? :happy:
Asshat!
Shoe.
Megaphone.
Grunties.
Bullshit, horseshit and chickenshit
Negatives with no positive:
Dismantle
Demolish
Disgruntle
Quote from: Pete from Boston on May 12, 2015, 07:51:32 PM
Negatives with no positive:
Dismantle
Demolish
Disgruntle
I guess if something is built instead of demolished, it's "molished". For instance, "They just molished a new building up the street."
Quote from: bandit957 on May 13, 2015, 09:20:57 AM
Quote from: Pete from Boston on May 12, 2015, 07:51:32 PM
Negatives with no positive:
Dismantle
Demolish
Disgruntle
I guess if something is built instead of demolished, it's "molished". For instance, "They just molished a new building up the street."
I'm very gruntled that you pointed this out!
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PneumonoÂultraÂmicroscopicÂsilicoÂvolcanoÂconiosis- an artificial long word said to mean a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust.
Quote from: national highway 1 on May 13, 2015, 11:43:37 PM
PneumonoÂultraÂmicroscopicÂsilicoÂvolcanoÂconiosis- an artificial long word said to mean a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust.
I learned that one when I was in fifth grade! That's a classic! :biggrin:
I really like the German words for a freeway interchange: autobahnkreuz and autobahndreieck (The later is used when there are only three legs). I also find amusing the Dutch equivalent knooppunt (Literally knot-point).
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on May 15, 2015, 09:46:02 AM
I really like the German words for a freeway interchange: autobahnkreuz and autobahndreieck (The later is used when there are only three legs). I also find amusing the Dutch equivalent knooppunt (Literally knot-point).
There's always the German equivalent of "exit": ausfahrt.
Quote from: Pete from Boston on May 12, 2015, 07:51:32 PM
Negatives with no positive:
Dismantle
Demolish
Disgruntle
or a near miss in discombobulated
Quote from: jakeroot on May 15, 2015, 01:59:06 PM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on May 15, 2015, 09:46:02 AM
I really like the German words for a freeway interchange: autobahnkreuz and autobahndreieck (The later is used when there are only three legs). I also find amusing the Dutch equivalent knooppunt (Literally knot-point).
There's always the German equivalent of "exit": ausfahrt.
To this day, I will never forget the countless snickering of everyone in the class when they had to use fahrt. Not that fährt was any better, but I personally could not say it without laughing. And when I started laughing - everyone did, including the teacher.
Quote from: jakeroot on May 15, 2015, 01:59:06 PMThere's always the German equivalent of "exit": ausfahrt.
Thanks for remind me about the largest city in Germany :sombrero:. It's exactly the opposite of Bielefeld.
Other funny words include 'luncheon' and 'forfeit'.
Quote from: national highway 1 on May 13, 2015, 11:43:37 PM
PneumonoÂultraÂmicroscopicÂsilicoÂvolcanoÂconiosis- an artificial long word said to mean a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust.
Is that the one word that Alice asked Ralph to spell on the classic Honeymooners when Ralph thought he would win 99K for being an expert at songs?
Quote from: roadman65 on May 15, 2015, 08:34:48 PM
Quote from: national highway 1 on May 13, 2015, 11:43:37 PM
PneumonoÂultraÂmicroscopicÂsilicoÂvolcanoÂconiosis- an artificial long word said to mean a lung disease caused by inhaling very fine ash and sand dust.
Is that the one word that Alice asked Ralph to spell on the classic Honeymooners when Ralph thought he would win 99K for being an expert at songs?
Did you bring this up because of the opening line of "Old Folks at Home" in the other thread? I can't think of that line without finishing Norton's piano warm-up in my mind.
And there are few words funnier than 'postpone'.
I have to say bubble or bubbly are always funny to say.
Quote from: J Route Z on May 16, 2015, 10:50:43 AM
I have to say bubble or bubbly are always funny to say.
The phrase 'bubble gum' is funny because it has a funny ring to it. It even looks funny in print, at least in lowercase. The way the 'e' and the 'g' are facing each other is funny, and the 'g' even appears to be laughing.
Words with two L's in the middle like mullet, ballad, and dollar are always funny.
Quote from: bugo on May 16, 2015, 09:32:43 PM
Words with two L's in the middle like mullet, ballad, and dollar are always funny.
Even better, put it at the beginning (llama).
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Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on May 15, 2015, 09:46:02 AM
I really like the German words for a freeway interchange: autobahnkreuz and autobahndreieck (The later is used when there are only three legs). I also find amusing the Dutch equivalent knooppunt (Literally knot-point).
There's always the German equivalent of "exit": ausfahrt.
To this day, I will never forget the countless snickering of everyone in the class when they had to use fahrt. Not that fährt was any better, but I personally could not say it without laughing. And when I started laughing - everyone did, including the teacher.
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Chumble spuzz.
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Gazebo
Quote from: bandit957 on May 16, 2015, 01:01:57 PM
Quote from: J Route Z on May 16, 2015, 10:50:43 AM
I have to say bubble or bubbly are always funny to say.
The phrase 'bubble gum' is funny because it has a funny ring to it. It even looks funny in print, at least in lowercase. The way the 'e' and the 'g' are facing each other is funny, and the 'g' even appears to be laughing.
This also brings to mind the funniest possible sentence in the entire English language.
Are you ready for it? Here it comes...
"The bubble gum got ruined."
Quote from: bandit957 on May 18, 2015, 02:58:16 PM
Quote from: bandit957 on May 16, 2015, 01:01:57 PM
Quote from: J Route Z on May 16, 2015, 10:50:43 AM
I have to say bubble or bubbly are always funny to say.
The phrase 'bubble gum' is funny because it has a funny ring to it. It even looks funny in print, at least in lowercase. The way the 'e' and the 'g' are facing each other is funny, and the 'g' even appears to be laughing.
This also brings to mind the funniest possible sentence in the entire English language.
Are you ready for it? Here it comes...
"The bubble gum got ruined."
"The bubble gum got ruined because some vivvlyvoover pooed on it."
Triskaidekaphobia - fear of the number 13.
Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia - fear of the number 666.
Skeuomorph - a physical ornament or design on an object made to resemble another material or technique. e.g. the design used by Apple's iOS before iOS 7.
Awkward.
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Quote from: bandit957 on April 29, 2015, 09:58:09 AM
viaduct
Quote
"I don't know, why a duck?"-Blues Brothers
Pop
'Quackery' is a funny word. But quackery isn't funny.
I like the words bulbous and supple.
'Nuisance' is a downright uproarious word.
Chalybeate
Debunked. I thought that once you bunked, there was no taking it back. :-D
Eviscerate