Ever think of how funny some words are?
 

Like "quence" is hilarious. Ever just say a word and listen to it?

How about "cumquat?"

Some just sound funny:
- absquatulate
- crapulent
- spavined

And some are funny for other reasons: irony or recursion:
- abbreviation - very long
- phonetic - not spelled how it sounds
- pentasyllabic -has five syllables
- hipposesquipedalian (also hippomonstrosesquipedalian) - pertaining to (extremely) unnecessarily long words

Dongle.

This thread is perfect for lots of George Carlin material :)

I got stuck on a whole succession of words when I was a kid.
I remember one of the first ones was "glad" - thought it sounded real dumb. After that, it was a constant theme in my head until I decided to stop it. I guess they all sound dumb if you repeat them enough. I do like how their (totally arbitrary) meaning falls away when you you ponder them in isolation, though.

I think crayon is a weird word.
Or clay. And coy.

C's and Y's dont mix.

Nozzle is a funny sounding word to me.
And if you say it a bunch of times in a row, you start to wonder if you are saying it right! But then again, you can do that with any word and get the same result...even your own name. :)

riboflavin, people, riboflavin

Prosthetic is a strange word to me, for whatever reason.

Forsooth, cloister, Seattle, beluga, chuck, napkin, lurch, popsicle, choir, titmouse, turtle, dunk, chihuahua, voyeur, shim, carpetbagger, smidgeon.

Discuss.

Guam... I could never live there, because I'd be wandering around giggling all the time. :D

Guam... :lol:

fiddlesticks

Masticate

Supercilious almost sounds like it would be a good thing.

I used to do this all the time as a kid. Any word, if I thought about it long enough, would seem utterly strange. It still happens occasionally.

banana
dickie
goat
road
squish

That's Vitamin B2 :D

I like using qualm at the moment.

Why don't fingers fing ?? :D

Flabbergast

butterfly -- think about it.
Why not flutterby?

/can't remember where I heard it.

I don't like exceptions to the rules.. Like isn't is weird that "weird" is spelled with EI instead of IE?

Why the hell don't they spell Colonel the way it sounds?

Bangle!

obsequious is a funny/cool word

as are gesticulate and testicular

how about flatulent

I could go on and on...

Panties.

The word just always sounded ridiculous to me, like something for little girls, not women.

Also... tinkle.

I have another one for that second list..

- Pretentious
:D

pants is by far my favorite word... it's so weird. the whole plural thing and how it's a pair even though it's one... just an overall great word.

Rutabega had always been a favorite of mine.

The word rickets has always made me laugh my ass off.

That and spigot.

I agree with the word "pants"... I once got into a very long, very silly back-and-forth with a friend of mine about whether or not it was a ridiculous word... of course, we were both very stoned at the time, and the mention of the word pants just made us die laughing.

Gotta be "windbreaker". Why the hell would I want to wear that?

Or pronounce it the way it's spelled.

Same thing goes with Corps and Ensign.

And depot, lichen, and butte.

How about the word....wheel. It sounds like your saying "real" with a lisp! Try it out, it's wheel annoying!

There's a great humorous song on just this issue called, "Bulbous Bouffant" by a group called The Vestibules... Dr Demento includes it on a couple of his comedy collections...

I can't say "Jeep" ten times in a row without giggling. Try it. There's no good reason for saying anything ten times in a row, to be sure, maybe short of "Oh God" or "yes."

And I must say, "panties" is a most powerful and evocative word, in the right context - especially when preceded by "white cotton."

the snozzberries taste like snozzberries! :lol:

Scurrilous.(It's as if it wants to be mis pronounced).

Scungy.

Flippant.

And Floozy just dont sound right.

I'm surprised no one's mentioned defenestrate yet.

It's not a particularly funny word pronunciation-wise, but the defenition is outstanding.