Inherently Funny Words

 
71.
 

Podunk

A small, unimportant, and isolated town.

Funny Words | January 10, 2007 | Post a Comment | Tagged Places

 
 
 
 
72.
 

Cocksure

Seems awfully hard to use this word innocently these days.

Funny Words | December 27, 2006 | 3 Comments | Tagged Arrogant, Sophomoric

 
 
 
 
73.
 

Wharf

It just make me laugh, and it's fun to say.

Funny Words | December 26, 2006 | 1 Comment

 
 
 
 
74.
 

Perambulator

A british noun for baby carriage, sounds too much like "terminator" to be safe for babies.

Funny Words | December 22, 2006 | Post a Comment

 
 
 
 
75.
 

Lollygag

Funny Words | December 21, 2006 | 5 Comments | Tagged Slang

 
 
 
 
76.
 

Tuque

A French-Canadian word for a knit hat or beenie.

Funny Words | December 21, 2006 | 3 Comments | Tagged Canadian, Clothes, Foreign

 
 
 
 
77.
 

Defenestration

A noun meaning the throwing of a person or thing out a window.

Funny Words | December 20, 2006 | 6 Comments | Tagged Violence

 
 
 
 
78.
 

Blunderbuss

A short, wide-barreled musket. In the original Dutch it was donderbus, 'thunder-box', but the name was altered owing to its tendency to explode in peoples' faces.

Funny Words | December 19, 2006 | Post a Comment | Tagged Explosions, Weapons

 
 
 
 
79.
 

Caddywampus

The state of being grossly out of alignment, skewed, or uneven. A great Midwestern phrase; make sure to pronounce with a long 'E' for the full effect.

Funny Words | December 17, 2006 | 1 Comment | Tagged Slang

 
 
 
 
80.
 

Higgledy-Piggledy

Askew, without prior planning, or every which way.

Funny Words | December 17, 2006 | 1 Comment | Tagged Disorganized, Slang