Words that made you laugh the first time you heard them

[bandit957]

I like the words 'ruin', 'tirade', and 'mayhem'. But can you think of any words that made you roar with laughter the first time you heard them?

One example is the word 'fink'. Back when I was about 7, there was an episode of 'CHiPs' where someone painted 'fink' on somebody's house, and I rolled on the floor in laughter!

Another example is 'lollygag'. The first time I heard this was in 5th grade when a teacher accused the class of "lollygagging." I still think it's a funny word.

I hope I can think of some other examples later.

[snowc]

I like the words 'ruin', 'tirade', and 'mayhem'. But can you think of any words that made you roar with laughter the first time you heard them?

One example is the word 'fink'. Back when I was about 7, there was an episode of 'CHiPs' where someone painted 'fink' on somebody's house, and I rolled on the floor in laughter!

Another example is 'lollygag'. The first time I heard this was in 5th grade when a teacher accused the class of "lollygagging." I still think it's a funny word.

I hope I can think of some other examples later.

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[SectorZ]

bip

[jlam]

Toronto (and even Avocado)

[Big John]

Nosegay (a bouquet)

[webny99]

I didn't find it particularly knee- er... elbow-slappingly hilarious myself, but "weenus" (see here) is the word that comes to mind as having frequently made the rounds to much hilarity in my middle and high school days.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

dongle

[bm7]

"Telephony", before I knew how it was pronounced.

[kphoger]

dongle

+1

Kent, the young people today, they think comedy is dirty words.  It's not.  It's words that sound dirty.  Like 'mukluk'.

[formulanone]

Guacamole
Bituminous
Corpuscle

Seekonk
Conshohocken
Megargle

Recently distorted:
Branch (thanks to my daughter over-using that word for about 3 months)
Never (my son over-using that in place of "no")

[zachary_amaryllis]

"fard". it's won me a few challenges playing scrabble.

i think "Eustachian" would be a fun word to hear said by someone that's super drunk.

[bandit957]

Another thing that was funny was the first time I heard of someone "making a spectacle of themselves." It was the day after the class play in 5th grade. The teacher told a student, "You made a real spectacle of yourself last night." That was because he kept grabbing armloads of cookies and dropping them everywhere.

[abefroman329]

I thought "oh, for crying out loud" was pants-wettingly hilarious the first time I heard it.

[gonealookin]

I loved how "flatulence" is a polite-sounding word for...that.

[Takumi]

Buyed

[M3100]

Lake Titicaca (around 4th grade)

[CNGL-Leudimin]

Kyrgyzstanium. A fake element spotted in a certain quiz site.

[MATraveler128]

Drumthwacket, the New Jersey governor's mansion.

[zachary_amaryllis]

Someone at work tonight referred to a bad driver on the road as a 'c--k honker'.

i'm picturing one of those old bicycle horns.

[Henry]

"Mike Shashefski" (the retiring Duke basketball coach aka Coach K)

Alternately, it could also be "Shashefsky".

[triplemultiplex]

"Mike Shashefski" (the retiring Duke basketball coach aka Coach K)

Alternately, it could also be "Shashefsky".

A name so Polish, it even makes a guy from Chicago airball.