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Not everyone can be an enter lectual. But spellcheck and Google exist, so there’s really no excuse to mess up the English ...
Whether you always have to have the last word or just love dark humor, these funny last words will have you dying of laughter.
What makes a word funny? University of Alberta psychologist Chris Westbury studied and identified the 10 funniest words in English. The meaning of the word and how unexpected it looked determined ...
Susan Kelz Sperling, author of Poplollies and Bellibones: A Celebration of Lost Words, talks about words that have been lost from the English language.
A new behaviour research study looks at the perceived funniness of individual English words, and finds that women and men consider different words amusing. But is this really the case?
Upchuck, bubby, boff, wriggly, yaps, giggle, cooch, guffaw, puffball, and jiggly. some of the words rated as among the funniest What makes a word funny? Well, its form partly, partly what it means ...
Wiener? Willy? Weenie? Or how about knob? Here is a list of 30 funny (and not so funny) alternative names for the word penis.
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 ...
They sure are silly to say. When you think about it, some words in the English language can sound pretty interesting. And when we say “interesting” we really mean weird and wacky. But hey ...