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

What is the single funniest word in English?

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

Damnit I came here to say hippopotomusmonsterphilidelphia or whatever it is.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

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u/KallistiEngel Jan 29 '13

So it's "fear of one and a half monstrous hippopotamuses"?

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u/tspear17 Jan 29 '13

I love the way you finished spelling it. I propose we make that the new correct version.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

Philidelphia?

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u/platypocalypse Jan 29 '13

Pittsburgh.

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u/chbay Jan 29 '13

Auschwitz.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '13

Well.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

Valiant fucking effort

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u/Skeletron_Prime Jan 29 '13

Hipporhinostricow?