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I think that the most inherently funny word in the English language is "turd."It is the perfect comic word. A person doesn't need to know what it means to find it funny; it just sounds funny independently of its meaning. And for that matter, I don't even think a person needs to speak English to find laughter in the word. Turd. It pretty much sounds like what it is.
Social science experiment: ask people of diverse linguistic heritage to repeat "turd" out loud five times and then guess what it means... and don't even tell them what language it is. I am confident that a landslide majority of the survey subjects would get it in one or two guesses.
Reluctantly acknowledging that opinions may differ from mine, tell me: what do you think is the funniest word in English? As always, thank you for your attention in this matter.
I cheated, but anyway:
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bumbershoot
pandiculation
poop
With respects,
T. Craper
Sorry, sir, but you may be trying too hard. Poop is pretty good, I admit, but maybe not rich enough in the consonant department.
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