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SOME FUNNY WORDS ENGLISH HAVE
Abibliophobia : The fear of running out of
reading material.
Absqua Absquatulate : To leave or abscond with something.
Anencephalous : Lacking a brain.
Argle-bargle : A loud row or quarrel.
Batrachomyomachy: Making a mountain out of a molehill.
Billingsgate : Loud, raucous profanity.
Bloviate : To speak pompously or brag.
Blu Blunderbuss : A gun with a flared muzzle or disorganized activity.
Borborygm : A rumbling of the stomach.
Boustrophedon : A back and forth pattern.
Bowyang : A strap that holds the pants
legs in place.
Brouhaha : An uproar.
Bumbershoot : An umbrella.
Callip Callipygian : Having an attractive
rear end or nice buns.
Canoodle : To hug and kiss.
Cantankerous : Testy, grumpy.
Cater Cornered : Diagonally.
Cockalorum : A small, haughty man.
Cockamamie : Absurd, outlandish.
Codswallop : Nonsense, balderdash.
Collop : A slice of meat or fold of
flab.
Collywobbles : Butterflies in the stomach.
Comeuppance : Just reward, just deserts.
Crap Crapulence : Discomfort from
eatin drinking too much.
Crudivore : An eater of raw food.
Discombobulate : To confuse.
Donnybrook : A melee, a riot.
Doozy : Something really great.
Dudgeon : A bad mood, a huff.
Ecdysiast : An exotic dancer, a stripper.
Eructation : A burp, belch.
Fard : Face-paint, makeup.
Fartlek : An athletic training regime.
Fatuous : Unconsciously foolish.
Filibuster : Refusal to give up the floor in
a debate to prevent a vote.
Firkin : A quarter barrel or small cask.
Flibbertigibbet : Nonsense, balderdash.
Flummox : To exasperate.
Folderol : Nonsense.
Formi Formication : The sense of ants crawling on your skin.
Fuddy Fuddy-duddy : An old-fashioned,
mild- mannered person.
Furbelow : A fringe or ruffle.
Furphy : A portable water-container.
Gaberlunzie : A wandering beggar.
Gardyl Gardyloo : A warning shouted before throwing water from above.
Gast Gastro Mancy : Telling fortune from the rumblings of the stomach.
Gazu Gazump : To buy something already promised to someone else.
Gobbledygook : Nonsense, balderdash.
Gobemouche : A highly gullible person.
Godwottery : Nonsense, balderdash.
Gongoozle : To stare at, kibitz.
Gonzo : Far-out journalism.
Goombah : An older friend who protects
you.
Hemidemisemiquaver: A musical timing of 1/64.
Hobbl Hobbledehoy : An awkward or ill-mannered young boy.
Hocus-pocus : Deceitful sleight of hand.
Hoosegow : A jail or prison.
Hootenanny : A country or folk music
get- together.
Jackanapes : A rapscallion, hooligan.
Kerfuffle : Nonsense, balderdash.
Klutz : An awkward, stupid person.
La-di- Lagopodous : Like a rabbit’s foot.
Lickety-split : As fast as possible.
Lickspittle : A servile person.
Logorrhoea : Loquaciousness, talkativeness.
Lollygag : To move slowly, fall behind.
Malarkey : Nonsense, balderdash.
Maverick : A loner, someone outside
the box.
Mollycoddle : To treat too leniently.
Mug Mugwump : An independent politician
who does not follow any party.
Mump Mumpsimus : An outdated and unreasonable
position on an issue.
Namby-pamby : Weak, with no backbone.
Nincompoop : A foolish person.
Oocephalus : An egghead.
Ornery : Mean, nasty, grumpy.
Pandiculation : A full body stretch.
Panjandrum : Someone who thinks himself
high and mighty.
Pettifoggers : A person who tries to befuddle
others with his speech.
Pratfall : A fall on one’s rear.
Quean : A disreputable woman.
Rambunctious : Aggressive, hard to control.
Rigmarole : Nonsense, unnecessary,
complexity.
Shenanigan : A prank.
Sialoquent : Spitting while speaking.
Skedaddle : To hurry somewhere.
Skulduggery : No good, underhand dealing.
Slangwhanger : A loud abusive speaker or
obnoxious writer.
Smellfungus : A perpetual pessimist.
Snickersnee : A long knife.
Snollygoster : A person who can’t be
trusted.
Snool : A servile person.
Tatterdemalion : A child in rags.
Tro Troglodyte : Someone or something that lives in a cave.
Turdiform : Having the form of a lark.
Unremacadamized: Having not been repaved
with macadam.
Vomitory : An exit or outlet.
Wabbit : Exhausted, tired, worn out.
Widd Widdershins : In a contrary or counter
clockwise direction.
Yahoo : A rube, a country bumpkin
