funniest word

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thrust
5
21%
imp
2
8%
lark
1
4%
bra
3
13%
carrot
1
4%
George
2
8%
arse
1
4%
whelk
9
38%
 
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Bungo the Mungo

funniest word

Postby Bungo the Mungo » 02 Dec 2010, 10:15

It's not about 'fiddlesticks' and 'brouhaha' or any of that - that's US collegiate 'funny'.

Choose two.
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Re: funniest word

Postby Bungo the Mungo » 02 Dec 2010, 10:23

Good Kid Wenceslas wrote: Whelk Relocation Unit


:lol:

Can't find it! One of their funniest moments...
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Re: funniest word

Postby doctorlouie » 02 Dec 2010, 11:03

Good Kid Wenceslas wrote:
CAT COCK wrote:
Good Kid Wenceslas wrote: Whelk Relocation Unit


:lol:

Can't find it! One of their funniest moments...

I only have to think of that while I'm sat on a bus before people start to move away from me :D


I googled "Whelk Relocation Unit" and only got this:

http://www.bcb-board.co.uk/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=90496&start=20
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Re: funniest word

Postby doctorlouie » 02 Dec 2010, 11:05

I voted arse and whelk. Frankly, arsewhelk is one of the great lost words of English.
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Re: funniest word

Postby Belle Lettre » 02 Dec 2010, 11:08

"thrust" and "George". Not necessarily juxtaposed.
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Re: funniest word

Postby Limpin' Jez McKenzie » 02 Dec 2010, 11:22

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Re: funniest word

Postby doctorlouie » 02 Dec 2010, 11:23

JingleBelle Lettre wrote:"thrust" and "George". Not necessarily juxtaposed.


Allow me to juxtapose them in one image:

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Re: funniest word

Postby Belle Lettre » 02 Dec 2010, 12:16

Can I not see it because I'm at work? :?
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Re: funniest word

Postby doctorlouie » 02 Dec 2010, 12:30

JingleBelle Lettre wrote:Can I not see it because I'm at work? :?


It's not obscene, if that's what you mean.

It's this:

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Re: funniest word

Postby Billybob Dylan » 02 Dec 2010, 15:02

Good Kid Wenceslas wrote: Whelk Relocation Unit

*adopts John Peel voice*

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Re: funniest word

Postby sloopjohnc » 02 Dec 2010, 15:22

Years ago, there was a televised panel discussion, filmed at a British university, with Alan King and other American comedians, like Carl Reiner and such, about the nature of comedy. One of the topics discussed was what made a word funny. It was interesting to see these veteran comics debate and discuss what made a word sound funny and how to use it in comedy bits.

I picked carrot and whelk, but I don't even know what whelk means.
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Re: funniest word

Postby Bungo the Mungo » 02 Dec 2010, 18:48

sloopjohnc wrote:Years ago, there was a televised panel discussion, filmed at a British university, with Alan King and other American comedians, like Carl Reiner and such, about the nature of comedy. One of the topics discussed was what made a word funny. It was interesting to see these veteran comics debate and discuss what made a word sound funny and how to use it in comedy bits.


Words that end in 'k' are funny, and words that begin with plosives ('b', 'p' etc.) tend to be funny.

I tend to find words with flat vowel sounds funny, too. The shorter the better. 'Cat', etc.
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Re: funniest word

Postby Seymore Porn » 02 Dec 2010, 19:00

Where I come from, a whelk is a wulk.
I've always been fond of discommode and discombobulate.
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Re: funniest word

Postby Billybob Dylan » 02 Dec 2010, 19:47

'Moist' is an amusing word.
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Re: funniest word

Postby never/ever » 02 Dec 2010, 19:53

Not much support for bra, I see?

Dunno what whelk is but it has something. New Zealanders probably pronounce it as 'felk'.
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Postby Magilla » 02 Dec 2010, 20:18

Six White Boomers wrote:Dunno what whelk is but it has something. New Zealanders probably pronounce it as 'felk'.


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Postby Bungo the Mungo » 02 Dec 2010, 22:50

:lol:
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Re: funniest word

Postby The Red Heifer » 02 Dec 2010, 23:08

Billybob with sleighbells on wrote:'Moist' is an amusing word.


It's a great word. Probably too US collegiate funny though
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