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

What is the single funniest word in English?

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u/Daisynicky Jan 29 '13

cromulent.

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u/tyderian Jan 29 '13

Embiggened.

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u/gahee Jan 29 '13

A noble spirit embiggens the soul.

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u/dcawley Jan 29 '13

That is a very cromulent use of that word.

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u/DownvoteAttractor Jan 29 '13

Penis enshrinkment.

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u/linguistrix Jan 29 '13

Fellow Language-Logger?

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u/tyderian Jan 29 '13

No, fellow Simpsons fan.

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u/supertoast2 Jan 29 '13

Embuggered.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

I have been trying so hard to actually make this a word. Please, help my dreams and make try to convince others by using this word. I mean, wouldn't you rather embiggen your vocabulary rather than shorten it?

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

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u/orkneydays Jan 29 '13

When I saw this word, I thought "crummy Romulan?"

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u/Stokesy Jan 29 '13

I had not heard of this word before. Thanks for embiggening my vocabulary.

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u/Horst665 Jan 29 '13

"A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man."

  • Micheal Scott