What English words sounds the funniest for you?

[mccanono]

New Zealanders often pronounce "e" as "i' so they would pronounce "Deck" as .....

Here's a very hilarious video about decks. hahahaha

[gegegeno]

Oh man, those Nyu Zillunduhs!

I have a tradie (tradesman) mate who was telling me about how he was going to help fix his boss's deck. He had no idea why I was crying with laughter.

The funniest English word that comes to mind is "defenestrate" meaning "to throw out of a window".

[martee100]

The funniest word that sounds to me is oligopoly.

Sounds like your mouth is stuffed two balls on each side :sick: and you are trying to say something. It refers to a market with few sellers in control of most of the market.

[Korsakoff]

As a german, german words that got 'imported' into the english language sound really funny to me.

Heisenberg pointed out the most funny words for me already. I never knew about the word to abseil before, this is for sure the most funny word I can think of at the moment. Especially if you consider that the German word can also be used to describe doing one's business.

[Banister]

Anencephalous which means absence of a brain sounds a bit weird and funny for me. I say this because before I could know how to pronounce it well it took me like four days where the teacher could enter the class and the first thing would be to ask him to pronounce it. Though it seemed a challenged I ended up familiarizing with it but since then I always see it as a funny word.

[SpikeTheLobster]

I've always liked "halibut". I can't say it more than two or three times without laughing.

Totally agree on "indubitably" as well: it makes me think of someone on television who always pronounced it in a funny way, though I can't remember who it was.

"Anemometer" ranks high on my list as well. I can't help but pronounce it like I'm talking nonsense to a baby!

[Amalia]

Preposterous! It sounds very funny to me and I love using it. Ever since I've heard Orson using it in Desperate Housewives I fell in love with that word ) Sometimes I turn the discussion just to be able to use it )

[charahome]

I find the word "humongous" very amusing. It is like Human plus 'Goes'.

I think of it as "a Human goes", Hmm. Do you wonder who invented each word and how did it make sense to them that it was a good word.

Now, if that is not easy. Who came up with its definition?

:speechless:

[zackeymane]

I think 'Tums' is pretty funny. Well, it's technically a brand name, but I like it.

[zackeymane]

I thought of another one. Optical. I think I have an odd sense of humor.

[Channa]

My personal favorite is Snollygoster 

It stands for a person that can not be trusted.

Pip. It means defeating someone by a small amount .

[Channa]

As in the topic. My personal no.1 is "manhole"

"Asshole ", Most times we use it the wrong way. :laugh: :laugh:

[Rosa]

The English word that sounds the funniest to me seems like a slang but is not :wacky:. The word is nincompoop which means fool or simpleton :grin:.

[sillylucy]

I think the words "moist" and "envelope" sound weird to me. I think any word can sound strange to you if you say it more than ten times really. Language is mouth sounds when you think about it.

[pandandesign]

I think the word that sounds very funny is "banana", which I always have a time trying to pronounce it right. I often pronounce it "ban-na-na", which I can't imagine I can be able to say it the right way. It also sounds funny and strange.

[MrPaul]

Discombobulate would have to take the cake, for me. Perhaps it's because of all of the hard consonants, or maybe the very word itself has some sort of inherent silliness to it, but I can never hear someone say that word without wanting to crack up. Similarly, I could never imagine someone using that word in serious speech.

[PSLoveCharli]

Lol. Silly topic, but English words that sound the funniest to me are:

1. Coupon

2. Pamphlet

I'm sure there are others, but those are first two that come to mind!

[rosacrux]

I was trying to learn words for the GRE test so I buy some guides. I found many funny words that I did not know, but funniest for me were discombobulate and rambunctious.

[xbrix]

Mediocre is the one that sounds funniest to me. I don't really know why, it's just a weird word.

[katara]

I have to admit that giraffe sounds quite funny to me

[Antiquarian]

I have many words in mind that could stir up a giggle in me.

Words like buffoon, infidel (when said in an exaggeratedly comical tone), doofus as well as other informal or vulgar words. I find vulgar (or even swear) words to be hilarious sometimes. Obviously not always but when combined with comedy or entertainment then do such words can provide laughs.

However, to me it matters more on who's speaking the words. For instance if an uninteresting university professor says the word boring then it will not spark any emotion in me. But if Homer Simpson or King Harkinian of the infamous Youtube Poop Series say the exact same word with their unique and comical mannerisms, then it will make me laugh tenfold.

Funny words + funny people = Gold comedy.

In addition, Slang Words = Comedy treasures that could make one laugh with golden showers.

Cheers,

The Antiquarian.

[lovemwaf]

I think that stupid is a nice word. Is funny in the sense that it is really rude but at the same time it is a word that can carry a whole load of truth

[seddik]

I quite like the word cantankerous which probably comes from contentious and rancorous. That is beside the point. I think we can magnify the fun, in a manner of speaking, if we combine it with other words. Let me use a word you have just used here, encounter. Then we can speak of a cantankerous encounter.

[fredkawig]

Manslaughter, because slaughter is pronounced as slohter while laughter is pronounced as lafter.

[justusforus]

I always snicker a bit when I hear someone use "bamboozle" which means to trick or "hoodwink".  The latter definition is another word that just sounds like it comes from another day and age.

The first time I heard "twerk" regarding the Miley Cyrus performance, I thought it was quite odd sounding.  It was here on linguaholic I learned it is actually a word with much more history than the recent music awards.