Funny Words

[ThankQ]

So I saw this cutie

and it got me seeing and saying the word "toast" over and over again until it looks and sounds so funny.

I think most people get this feeling from time to time. What are some words that seem silly to you after repetition?

 

[Kai "the spy"]

Lemon curry?!?

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

TROUT

 

[Velocity]

I have a friend who thinks "elbow" is hilarious, and "sip" disgusts her. So, of course, we always try to find a way to work "sip" into the conversation. "hey, do you wanna SIP of this Cheerwine?"

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

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[Refuge]

*Similarly*. I can't say that word even once out loud without stuffing up. I end up saying similarirly or similararily.

In similar fashion I have issues with the word *mural*. I hear the word Muriel coming out of my mouth.

However that isn't answering the thread

 

[Mr Soak]

*Similarly*. I can't say that word even once out loud without stuffing up. I end up saying similarirly or similararily.

In similar fashion I have issues with the word *mural*. I hear the word Muriel coming out of my mouth.

However that isn't answering the thread

Your terrible, mural

I know I’ve come across words that I overthought, and it lost all meaning. I can’t think of any at the moment, though.

 

[TribbleFeeder]

Murinal

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

Millicent. Is it a name? Is it 1/1000 of a cent?

 

[Mojochi]

Try pluralizing toast. Any word ending in st gets goofy pluralized, like breasts. It gets even worse when you read a pluralized one that's also possessive, as in the "That's the artists' entrance" I hear some people say those words as "artistses"

The word admiral is just a mess of soft consonants, that turn to mush at the end of your face... as in "Ad-Merle". The only guy I've ever heard say it like it has inflection is Ricardo Montalban… Add-Meer-LL, & I'd sound like a lunatic if I said it like that. Thankfully it doesn't come up much. lol

This seems like a good place to point out that there are words that rhyme with orange. Phalange & flange & depending on your accent, mélange

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

If "socks" is the plural of the word sock, are individual members of the Red Sox or White Sox properly referred to as a Red Sock or White Sock?

Also, and this doesn't really have anything to do with funny words but I just have to vent anyway, why the HELL don't newspaper headlines use the words "Is" or "Are"?

 

[Ar-Pharazon]

If "socks" is the plural of the word sock, are individual members of the Red Sox or White Sox properly referred to as a Red Sock or White Sock?

Also, and this doesn't really have anything to do with funny words but I just have to vent anyway, why the HELL don't newspaper headlines use the words "Is" or "Are"?

The Cincinatti Red(Stocking)s and Chicago White Sox (Stockings) both started off with slightly different names.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Talk about funny words...one of the teams in the Mets' minor league system is called the (Binghamton) Rumble Ponies.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

Murinal

Is that like a urinal for moms?
You know what would be cool? If someone who is about to have a baby Googles something and stumbles across this thread? They see Murinal and decide it would be a good name for their child. You could be responsible for a whole generation of Murinals.


What I want to know is why cupboard is the way it is but clipboard is pronounced clip-board and not clipberd?

 

[Random_Spock]

Talk about funny words...one of the teams in the Mets' minor league system is called the (Binghamton) Rumble Ponies.

What the heck are Rumble Ponies?

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

What the heck are Rumble Ponies?

Hell if I know...

It's like USC and the Gamecocks. Dafuq is a Gamecock?

 

[TribbleFeeder]

Is that like a urinal for moms?
You know what would be cool? If someone who is about to have a baby Googles something and stumbles across this thread? They see Murinal and decide it would be a good name for their child. You could be responsible for a whole generation of Murinals.


What I want to know is why cupboard is the way it is but clipboard is pronounced clip-board and not clipberd?

It could also be slang for when you see someone urinating on a mural

I live in the mural capital apparently, Philly is known for its murals...also for public urination.

 

[Kai "the spy"]

What the heck are Rumble Ponies?

Maybe there's pro wrestling in the MLP-verse?!

 

[Avro Arrow]

What the heck are Rumble Ponies?

Presumably they are ponies... who are indeed ready to rumble!

's like USC and the Gamecocks. Dafuq is a Gamecock?

That one is actually a real word.

I live in the mural capital apparently, Philly is known for its murals...also for public urination.

You must have the most unusual tourism advertisements ever!

 

[Gary Mitchell]

It could also be slang for when you see someone urinating on a mural

I live in the mural capital apparently, Philly is known for its murals...also for public urination.

Well, that's something to be known for. Has anyone done a mural of public urination? There's a Mexican restaurant near me where the side of the urinal in the restroom has a mural of a guy peeing.