New Research Reveals Funniest Words in English Language

[rangerrebew]

New Research Reveals Funniest Words in English Language
Aug 2, 2017 by News Staff / Source
 

According to new research published in the journal Behavior Research Method, tit, booty, booby, hooter and nitwit are some of the funniest words in the English language.
 

A due of psychology researchers from the University of Warwick, UK, analyzed a large collection of 4,997 randomly selected common words, and showed them to 950 participants online — asking them to rate from one to five how humorous they found each word.

“The participants were recruited using Amazon Mechanical Turk. Any registered member of Amazon Mechanical Turk was allowed to participate, with the requirement of fully completing the study (partial data was not recorded), and only doing the study once,” the authors explained.

http://www.sci-news.com/othersciences/psychology/funniest-english-words-05093.html

[Oceander]

"Trump" is another. 

[Polly Ticks]

Judging by the results, it looks like most of the respondents were 11-year-old boys.

[Right_in_Virginia]

"Trump" is another.

There's a lot of new help for OCD.  I'll keep you in my prayers. 

[Polly Ticks]

I've always thought "noodle" was a funny word.

[GtHawk]

It's sad to me but I have found a number of words that have become funny or a joke in recent years, words like Truth, honor, morality, justice, conscience, responsibility, man, woman, American, patriotism, lawful, etc., etc.
 

[dfwgator]

I've always thought "noodle" was a funny word.

I vote for "kumquat."

[guitar4jesus]

I vote for "kumquat."

"K" sounds are supposed to be the funniest.

[RoosGirl]

What about cooter?

[RoosGirl]

And if you really want to be childish about it, here's a fuzzy cooter.

[dfwgator]

I've always thought "noodle" was a funny word.

"Gorn. Gorn -- it's got a sort of *woody* quality about it.   Gorn. Go-o-orn. Much better than 'newspaper' or 'litter bin'."

[Polly Ticks]

"Gorn. Gorn -- it's got a sort of *woody* quality about it.   Gorn. Go-o-orn. Much better than 'newspaper' or 'litter bin'."

Is that a funny word, or is it semantic satiation?

Either way, it makes me smile.

[godblessRonaldReagan]

"Gorn. Gorn -- it's got a sort of *woody* quality about it.   Gorn. Go-o-orn. Much better than 'newspaper' or 'litter bin'."

"Wankel Rotary Engine"

[Ghost Bear]

"Gorn. Gorn -- it's got a sort of *woody* quality about it.   Gorn. Go-o-orn. Much better than 'newspaper' or 'litter bin'."

This guy is not amused...

[RoosGirl]

I can't believe @Wingnut hasn't chimed in here yet.  Course, like me, he don't do reel gud at English.

[truth_seeker]

There's a lot of new help for OCD.  I'll keep you in my prayers.

Amazing. Go all of the way through law school, and get stuck with a thinker like that !!

OCD to the max.

[Wingnut]

I can't believe @Wingnut hasn't chimed in here yet.  Course, like me, he don't do reel gud at English.

Shit...wrong tachmut.

[Oceander]

There's a lot of new help for OCD.  I'll keep you in my prayers. 

Now I feel dirty and need a shower.