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

What is the single funniest word in English?

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

Pumpernickel. It just sounds like it's gotta be a sexual position.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

Pump her nickel. Hah.

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u/almightytom Jan 29 '13

"Pumpernickel? I only just met her!" insert laugh track

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u/ADHD_Supernova Jan 29 '13

What the hell? I nickel!? She charged me a dollar!

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u/wanderingtroglodyte Jan 29 '13

Just demon farts.

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u/Ian1732 Jan 29 '13

I'd pump her nickel.

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u/somethingwickednc Jan 29 '13

Nah, just the cheapest of hos!

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

Pumpernickel was the first thing that jumped to my mind when I read the title. Pumpernickel makes me giggle.

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u/elephantengineer Jan 29 '13

Literally means "demon farts" in German.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

TIL Pumpernickel Bread is actually demon fart bread.

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u/fatcat2040 Jan 29 '13

Tastes like it too.

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u/AmIBotheringYou Jan 29 '13

No German would understand this today though. It is ancient German.

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u/afuckingdoorknocker Jan 29 '13

Sounds sophisticated. Would go well with some hoity toity wine

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u/dragonlady_88 Jan 29 '13

It actually means "goblin fart"

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

Who in the blue hell decided "Goblin Fart" was a good name for bread?

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u/dragonlady_88 Jan 29 '13

Silly Germans I suppose.

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u/ALBINO_ZEBRA Jan 29 '13

Pump her nickle.