The 100 Funniest Words in English
Here are the 100 funniest words in English. How do we know? Dr. Goodword (Dr. Robert Beard, known as Dr. Language at yourDictionary.com for five years) has been defining words for 30 years. Since the year 2000, he has been writing a daily word sent our as the Word of the Day at yourDictionary and as the Good Word at alphaDictionary.
Over the years he has collected these words, with the help of the word colloquium at the alphaDictionary Alpha Agora. Now, here the funniest words in sounds and meaning are for you to enjoy. Stay tuned: in a month or two you will be able to download the entire list as defined and discussed by Dr. Goodword in the form or an e-book or PDF file that you can print in black and white or color. Click the linked words for examples of the fully defined words.
| 1 | @ | The "at" sign. |
| 2 | abibliophobia | The fear of running out of reading material. |
| 3 | absquatulate | To leave or abscond with something. |
| 4 | allegator | Some who alleges. |
| 5 | argle-bargle | A loud row or quarrel. |
| 6 | bamboozle | To cheat or deceive. |
| 7 | billingsgate | Loud, raucous profanity. |
| 8 | bling-bling | Shiny jewelry or other show of wealth. |
| 9 | bloviate | To speak pompously or brag. |
| 10 | blunderbuss | A gun with a flared muzzle or disorganized activity. |
| 11 | bodacious | Audacious, gutsy. |
| 12 | borborygm | A rumbling of the stomach. |
| 13 | boustrophedon | A back and forth pattern. |
| 14 | bowyang | A strap that holds the legs of the pants in place. |
| 15 | brouhaha | An uproar. |
| 16 | callipygian | Having an attractive rear end or nice buns. |
| 17 | canoodle | To hug and kiss. |
| 18 | cantankerous | Testy, grumpy. |
| 19 | catercorner | Diagonal(ly). |
| 20 | cockamamie | Absurd, outlandish. |
| 21 | codswallop | Nonsense, balderdash. |
| 22 | collop | A slice of meat or fold of flab. |
| 23 | crapulence | Discomfort from eating or drinking too much. |
| 24 | crudivore | An eater of raw food. |
| 25 | donnybrook | An melee, a riot. |
| 26 | doppleganger | A double, someone identical to someone else. |
| 27 | dudgeon | A bad mood, a huff. |
| 28 | eruction | A burp, belch. |
| 29 | fard | Face-paint, makeup. |
| 30 | fartlek | An athletic training regime. |
| 31 | fatuous | Unconsciously foolish. |
| 32 | fenestration | Putting in windows or the arrangement of windows. |
| 33 | filibuster | Refusal to give up the floor in a debate to prevent a vote. |
| 34 | firkin | A quarter barrel or small cask. |
| 35 | flibbertigibbet | Nonsense, balderdash. |
| 36 | floccinaucinihilipilification | Considering something to be worthless. |
| 37 | flummox | To exasperate. |
| 38 | formication | The sense of ants crawling on your skin. |
| 39 | fuddy-duddy | An old-fashioned, mild-mannered person. |
| 40 | furbelow | A fringe or ruffle. |
| 41 | furphy | A portable water-container. |
| 42 | gaberlunzie | A wandering beggar. |
| 43 | Gardyloo! | A warning shouted before throwing water from above. |
| 44 | gastromancy | Telling fortune from the rumblings of the stomach. |
| 45 | gazump | To buy something already promised to someone else. |
| 46 | gobbledygook | Nonsense, balderdash. |
| 47 | godwottery | Nonsense, balderdash. |
| 48 | gongoozle | To stare at, kibitz. |
| 49 | gonzo | Far-out journalism. |
| 50 | goombah | An older friend who protects you. |
| 51 | hobbledehoy | An awkward or ill-mannered young boy. |
| 52 | hoosegow | A jail or prison. |
| 53 | hornswoggle | To cheat or deceive. |
| 54 | hullabaloo | An uproar or scandal. |
| 55 | jackanapes | A rapscallion, hooligan. |
| 56 | kerfuffle | Nonsense, balderdash. |
| 57 | klutz | An awkward, stupid person. |
| 58 | lackaday | An interjection indicating disappointment. |
| 59 | la-di-da | An interjection indicating that something is pretentious. |
| 60 | lagopodous | Like a rabbit's foot. |
| 61 | logorrhea | Loquaciousness, talkativeness. |
| 62 | lollapalooza | Something outstanding. |
| 63 | lollygag | To move slowly, fall behind. |
| 64 | macaronic | Containing a mixture of foreign words. |
| 65 | malarkey | Nonsense, balderdash. |
| 66 | maverick | A loner, someone outside the box. |
| 67 | mistletoe | A parasitic plant with waxy white berries. |
| 68 | mollycoddle | To treat too leniently. |
| 69 | mugwump | An independent politician who does not follow any party. |
| 70 | mumpsimus | An outdated and unreasonable position on an issue. |
| 71 | namby-pamby | Weak, with no backbone. |
| 72 | ornery | Mean, nasty, grumpy. |
| 73 | osculate | To kiss. |
| 74 | panjandrum | Someone who thinks himself high and mighty. |
| 75 | panty-waist | A sissy. |
| 76 | pettifogger | A person who tries to befuddle others with his speech. |
| 77 | picayune | Picky, very particular. |
| 78 | pratfall | A fall on one's rear. |
| 79 | quean | A disreputable woman. |
| 80 | quidnunc | A busy-body, nosey person. |
| 81 | rambunctious | Aggressive, hard to control. |
| 82 | rhabdomancy | Searching for things underground with a divining rod. |
| 83 | rhinorrhea | A runny nose. |
| 84 | rigmarole | Nonsense, unnecessary complexity. |
| 85 | schadenfreude | Delight in someone else's misfortune. |
| 86 | shenanigan | Prank. |
| 87 | smellfungus | A perpetual pessimist. |
| 88 | snarky | Out of sorts. |
| 89 | snickersnee | A long knife. |
| 90 | snollygoster | A person who can't be trusted. |
| 91 | snook | A gesture of defiant derision, like thumbing your nose. |
| 92 | troglodyte | Someone or something that lives in a cave. |
| 93 | turdiform | Having the form of a lark. |
| 94 | veneficial | Poisonous, used to poison or in sorcery. |
| 95 | wabbit | Exhausted, tired, worn out. |
| 96 | wampumpeag | Money, wampum. |
| 97 | whippersnapper | An upstart, a smart guy. |
| 98 | widdershins | In a contrary or counterclockwise direction. |
| 99 | wowser | An obnoxiously puritanical person. |
| 100 | yahoo | A rube, a country bumpkin. |
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