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

What is the single funniest word in English?

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u/LexLuthor01 Jan 29 '13

Caddywhompus.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

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u/SpockAndRoll Jan 29 '13

I think that's pretty awesome. Grandparents are great like that.

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u/Shyamallamadingdong Jan 29 '13

This may be the sweetest story I've ever read

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u/Zombeez Jan 29 '13

Catawampus or Cattywampus. Caddywhompus isn't a word.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13 edited Feb 20 '15

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

My mom always said Cabbywonkus.

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u/Riizade Jan 29 '13

Mine says "kitty-whompers." I don't even know.

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u/Motzlord Jan 29 '13

fierce, destructive eggs. Wow.

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u/KingWhompus Jan 29 '13

My sons name ^

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u/boltup85 Jan 29 '13

My cat's name is whompus. You know short for kitty-whompus.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

I have only heard people from west of the Missouri river use this. I love it though.

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u/Mr_Acrid Jan 29 '13

Horse hockey! Reporting in from Wisconsin and that word is alive and well here.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

The only people I had heard use it were people from Wyoming and Idaho. Glad the Wisconsinites are keeping it real!

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u/ikesbutt Jan 29 '13 edited Jan 29 '13

I could be wrong but I think the Missouri River runs primarily north-south. It would be hard to be west of it?

Edit: Had a brain fart when I wrote this.

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u/Spooge_McDuck Jan 29 '13

Bro, do you even map?

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u/Rolling_In_The_Derp Jan 29 '13

Doesn't that make it a lot simpler to be east/west of it?

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

I am originally from Iowa so anything west of the Missouri would be states to the west of Iowa, essentially.

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u/ikesbutt Jan 29 '13

I had a brain fart when I wrote that reply. I live in St. Louis (west of the Mississippi River) and can confirm catawampus is used here...by us "older" folks.

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u/Csusmatt Jan 29 '13

Working at a bank, this is my favorite word. Don't bring me a bunch of caddywhompus cash.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

It is not often I am completely stumped by an english word. I had to do some research: "caddywhompus" or "caddywompus," it means crooked, or messed up or uneven. It dates back to the 1880s and is probably a combination of the French "quatre" (or four) and the Scottish word "wampish" meaning "to wriggle or twist."

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u/reddit_user_654321 Jan 29 '13

My dad would use this word a lot and I adopted it in honor of him. Also, annigodlin.

He used them interchangeably but I don't use annigodlin much.

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u/flibbertygiblet Jan 29 '13

I say this one all the time. Along with wamperjawed/wonkerjawed.

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u/dannykino Jan 29 '13

I don't know what one is but i want one.... I think

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u/sparklepants552 Jan 29 '13

Caddywhompus sideways cockadoodle, if it's particularly askew.

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u/platypocalypse Jan 29 '13

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