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Funny Words

1. Sklonklish

Made-up slang from the 40s movie The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer. See also Made Up.

Added by Tyler on May 7, 2023| Comment | You Like This |

Funny Names

2. Shoeshine Pickens

Added by Tyler on May 3, 2022| 5 Comments | You Like This |

Funny Things

3. Pizza on a Record Player

Sure sign of a raging party. See also Party.

Added by Tyler on April 22, 2022| 1 Comment | You Like This |

Funny Foods

4. Alligator Pears

What Americans used to call avacados. See also Old-Timey.

Added by Tyler on August 23, 2020| 1 Comment | You Like This |

Funny Phrases

5. Air Trip

See also Old-Timey.

Added by Tyler on August 17, 2019| 1 Comment | You Like This |

Funny Words

6. Jejune

Fancy word for naive or simplistic.

Added by Tyler on June 8, 2019| 1 Comment | You Like This |

Funny Words

7. Blatherskite

Someone who talks a lot without making sense.

Added by Tyler on June 8, 2019| 2 Comments | You Like This |

Funny Phrases

8. Interpretive Jiggery-Pokery

How justice Antonin Scalia described a recent Supreme Court decision upholding the Affordable Care Act.

Added by Tyler on June 25, 2015| 4 Comments | You Like This |

Funny Phrases

9. Exit Pursued by Bear

An inherently funny stage direction. See also Theater.

Added by Tyler on September 7, 2013| Comment | You Like This |

Funny Things to Do

10. Chicken Pox Parties

The abandoned and now discredited practice of parents gathering children around a child known to have chicken pox and, among other methods to spread the infection, sharing lollipops. The theory was that chicken pox is less dangerous to children than adults, and should be encountered as early in life as possible. See also 70's.

Added by Tyler on September 7, 2013| 5 Comments | You Like This |

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