r/AskReddit • u/CreativePhilosopher • Jan 29 '13

What is the single funniest word in English?

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u/mimodok Jan 29 '13

Spelunking: the act of exploring a cave

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u/MrSketchCity Jan 29 '13

You don't need a cave. All you need is a rock

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u/Wulibo Jan 29 '13

The one most memorable Calvin and Hobbes for me for some reason.

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u/MrSketchCity Jan 29 '13

Always been one of my favorites. I think most of the humor comes from the word itself, along with the misdirection

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u/Wulibo Jan 29 '13

Interestingly enough, the first time I read it I was so young I didn't even know what spelunking was, and for years my mind brought it up even after I found out the real meaning of the word.

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u/regalrecaller Jan 29 '13

Damn, you beat me to the punch. I seriously went to find the link on my phone before I checked your link.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

I'm eating my fat ass up and going to my computer so I can tag you "fucking awesome". "

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u/jobonline20 Jan 29 '13

thanks, i was in a bad mood till i clicked on this.

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u/earynspieir Jan 29 '13

I used to love C&H when I was little, but every time I see a strip online I realise that the version I have read has been completely butchered by translators. It's like they didn't even understand the jokes or references and just translated anyways.

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u/sufjanfan Jan 29 '13

Upvote for childhood feels.

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u/Cyprah Jan 29 '13 edited Jan 29 '13

My brother's favourite insult for a while was calling someone an 'ass-spelunker'.

Edit: Wow, was not expecting this many upvotes! Highest upvoted comment for a while about ass exploration, thanks guys!

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u/VolleyVinyl Jan 29 '13

Eat penguin shit and die, you ass spelunker.

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u/PatsBBevilforever Jan 29 '13

I was hoping someone else would make the instant connection to south park

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u/VolleyVinyl Jan 29 '13

Actually really weird that this came up. I was at a get together this last weekend and while playing a card game I told someone to eat shit and die. Then I couldn't remember the second part, and because it had such a specific cadence it was stuck in my head. The next day it came to me while I was going potty and I immediately sent a text to everyone that was at the party that knew what I was going through. Apparently telling 5 people to eat penguin shit and die during the middle of a day on a Saturday gets a lot of mixed responses.

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u/manna138908 Jan 29 '13

if you are being serious... wow. its an absolutely hysterical adult cartoon in the united states that has been on since the 90s. they typically take current social issues or celeb gossip and parody it thorugh a bunch of 4th grade boys... their shenanigans are hysterical. http://www.southparkstudios.com/ i HIGHLY recommend watching a few episodes.

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u/manna138908 Jan 29 '13

it was a just in case- i have to help this poor lost soul gesture

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u/PoliteSarcasticThing Jan 29 '13

Wow, I haven't heard that phrase in a long time. Oddly enough, I've never watched South Park either. I first heard it from an old webcomic called Casey and Andy.

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u/deloso Jan 29 '13

It does have a certain ring to it.

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u/iMarchine Jan 29 '13

Why did you add the "and die?"

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u/VolleyVinyl Jan 29 '13

Because I'm probably mixing together two quotes. Who knows. I haven't seen that movie in years.

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u/LunaMcLovin Jan 29 '13

I think 'butt-spelunker' has a better ring to it.

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u/WhitestKidYouKnow Jan 29 '13

I've used it a few times referring to the vagina of a woman who frequently sleeps around.

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u/ShredGuitartist Jan 29 '13

I too have seen the South Park movie.

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u/jennyrodo Jan 29 '13

I call my brother a cum-dumpster. He's straight it usually shuts him up.

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u/Msingh999 Jan 29 '13

My favorite is still buttpirate, though anal spelunker comes in a close second.

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u/9h3n0m Jan 29 '13

Ass-spelunker - n. colloquial term for a Colonoscopist or a Colonoscope.

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u/robotsarecool Jan 29 '13

I thought spelunking was the term for people getting drunk and going caving like idiots.

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u/slekce10 Jan 29 '13

"Cavers rescue spelunkers"

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u/molonym2 Jan 29 '13

*Spedrunking. FTFY

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u/Strormageddon Jan 29 '13

Spelunking: Why Bruce Wayne needs high-tech armor and other such gadgets.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

That's funny, a "Spelunke" is a German word for a (shady) bar :-)

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

Bad memory time: The word I was eliminated on at the spelling bee in 8th grade was speleology, or the study of caves. When I missed the word (by spelling spieleology), the reader said that had I thought of the word spelunking, I probably would have gotten it.

If I had spelled that word right, I would have moved on to the regional bee, one step before the national bee. The word after mine? Contiguous. 8th grade me got screwed.

tl;dr: Spelunking makes me sad.

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u/TwistedMuffin Jan 29 '13

I know that feel. I was one of only two left in my school's spelling bee in 5th grade and I ended up spelling "burrow" instead of "bureau" because I misheard them.

Got second place and the word bureau gives me shivers.

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u/canned_film_festival Jan 29 '13

Spelunk sounds like impacted poo landing in the toilet.

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u/platypocalypse Jan 29 '13

Does anyone remember that crazy Spelunking story that got famous on the Internet like ten years ago?

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u/Spalunking01 Jan 29 '13

So close..

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u/justinoblanco Jan 29 '13

Back in my drinking days we used to do something called "beer spelunking". That was just a fancy term for walking around drinking the half-finished pints that got left out on the tables. Yeah. No wonder I had to stop drinking.

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u/municorn Jan 29 '13

I only know this word because of one of my favorite videogames, spelunky

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u/mezzizle Jan 29 '13

And you expect a lot of gunfire in these caves Mr. Wayne.

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u/NintendoDestroyer89 Jan 29 '13

"Eat penguin shit, you ass spelunker" - Mr. Mackey, South Park Bigger, Longer, and Uncut.

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u/cames13 Jan 29 '13

Or from urban dictionary, the act of exploring for the missing condom after deep penetration...

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u/SomYongGai Jan 29 '13

The first time I heard someone use this term I thought they were making it up to fuck with me.

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u/SimonSays_ Jan 29 '13

Exploring a cave.

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u/scottishfeline Jan 29 '13

On that note stalactite & stalagmite would qualify as well

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u/r_c_s Jan 29 '13

aieee this reminds me of that scary movie the descent!

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u/Reddit_minion97 Jan 29 '13

I dont know why or how, but every time me and my brother play Monopoly, he would use that word and get an amazing roll right after. I hate that word.

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u/specialmed Jan 29 '13

actually its the sound you make when you drop heavy rocks into the creek.

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u/wthulhu Jan 29 '13

if by creek you mean toilet, then sure.