They sure are silly to say. When you think about it, some words in the English language can sound pretty interesting. And when we say “interesting” we really mean weird and wacky. But hey, that’s what ...

Whimsically weird words make conversations even more interesting and they certainly stump the whippersnappers of this world. You may have heard of the silly terms and phrases like gobbledygook, ...

"Which word is funnier: porridge or oatmeal?" This is the question one of us recently posed to the other.* Clearly, the notion was insane. Surely finding something funny requires context — a ...

Are you one of those people who still giggle when someone says “duty”? Wait until you read these far less common funny words that are completely real. Sometimes the new words added to the dictionary ...

Various theories of comedy aim to imbue a chaotic, primordial thing with a sense of order. While certain setups and structures are reliably funny, other things have an innate sense of funniness that ...

We all have a word (or maybe a few) we’ve been severely mispronouncing until someone finally shatters the glass revealing our life long faux pas. LAist is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that is ...

Steven Wright once said that he wished the first word he spoke was “quote.” Then, right before he died he could say, “Unquote.” While that would be the greatest last word ever uttered, we have to be ...

Reflecting recently on the overzealous censorship of the proceedings of a scientific conference by a prudish AI, we called for professional help to establish what it is about the sound of words like ...