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Do you think you have a good vocabulary? We can guarantee you've probably never heard some of these funny words before. Are you one of those people who still giggle when someone says “duty”? Wait ...
The first in-depth study on funny English words is out and you can probably guess the top one. Photo / Getty A group of scientists has conducted research to figure out which are the funniest words in ...
Toronto, Nov 28 (PTI) Upchuck, wriggly, yaps, giggle, guffaw, puffball, and jiggly are among the top 10 funniest words in the English language, according to a study. Researchers from the University of ...
Science has determined through rigorous statistical analysis of 45,000 total words what the funniest words in the English language are, and some insights into why they make us giggle. No, not you. We ...
Learn how to pronounce common English words like save, cave, rave, wave, and brave. This video provides funny examples of ...
Upchuck, bubby, boff, wriggly, yaps, giggle, cooch, guffaw, puffball, and jiggly: the top 10 funniest words in the English language, according to a new study. The researchers determined that there are ...
The funniest words in the dictionary have been revealed, with 'upchuck', 'boff' and 'jiggly' topping the list. Constantly changing, updating and evolving, the English language is a fascinating entity ...
Don't laugh, but professor Chris Westbury's newest psychology study is about farts. It's also about snots, chortles, wienies, heinies and bozos; things that are wriggly, jiggly, flappy and slaphappy; ...
Susan Kelz Sperling, author of Poplollies and Bellibones: A Celebration of Lost Words, talks about words that have been lost from the English language. This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve ...