Droles Paroles
To keep the ball rolling, and show that it's not just a spectator sport, NASTURTIUM has long been a giggler for me.
By way of guidelines, and I'm ready to be guided here, I think these words should be basically serious - the pompous the better - rather than easy-peezy stuff like 'codswallop' or 'gob-smacked' or 'prattle'.
Let the games begin.
antideluvian; prelapsarian
ReplyDeleteoops, that's antediluvian, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteNope. But I run them to warn off others.
ReplyDeletePeople, i want *funny*.
(Ooh, I'm going to cop it from Wells-sahib for this. But it's my party and I'll decry if i want to)
Mmmm… Turdus migratorius? It's not so funny to me now but as a kid I found it a crack-up. The repeaters (sounds) make me slightly amused still.
ReplyDeletePica pica. Mus musculus.
Mus mus. Mus mus.
They're names though so probably shouldn't count.
Oh, funny. The only really funny words I know are yiddish, and one of my favorites is "paskuniak." Loosely translated as a schmuck with evil intentions.
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