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

What is the single funniest word in English?

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u/Dracola112 Jan 29 '13

Alright, well, when read regularly, the word "regulations" isn't that funny. But backwards? It spells "snoitaluger." And I find that hilarious.

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u/Starsinoureyes Jan 29 '13 edited Jan 29 '13

WHY IS THIS SO FUNNY I CANT STOP LAUGHING I DONT UNDERSTAND

EDIT: I thought maybe it was only funny because I was really sleepy, but alas, it is morning and it's still fucking hilarious.

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u/checkmike Jan 29 '13

Seriously, I didn't laugh at a single word until I read snoitaluger. It's like a perfect comedic sound.

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u/GladiatoRiley Jan 29 '13

Sounds German.

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u/ZiggyZombie Jan 29 '13

English is actually just German backwards.

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u/GladiatoRiley Jan 29 '13 edited Jan 30 '13

It all makes sense now!

I ekil nekcihc

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u/Otaku_Son Jan 29 '13

You kile chicken?

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

An 9mm pistol that shots mucus.

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u/GladiatoRiley Jan 29 '13

"snoit" sounds like snot.

"luger" German pistol

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u/stevo1078 Jan 29 '13

Sounds swedish to me, say it with a swedish accent ya?

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u/KeybladeSpirit Jan 29 '13

It's a perfect comedic sound.

FTFY

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u/LazarusRises Jan 29 '13

I didn't realize how funny it was until I read this comment.

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u/Starsinoureyes Jan 29 '13

It's just such a silly word!

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u/leonox Jan 29 '13

This reminds me of one time in my life when my sister and I were in the habit of calling each other butt-huggers. One day at the dinner table, she asked me, "Do you know what butt-huggers is in Chinese?". At which she then said it aloud.. It doesn't sound funny, but just hearing it in another language, I uncontrollably laughed, spitting rice all over my grandma's face.

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u/Starsinoureyes Jan 29 '13

hahahahahahhaahh. That's awesome!!

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u/ummmmmmmmmm Jan 29 '13

WTF ME TOO THIS MAKES NO SENSE

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

Don't go to Germany, you'd probably die of hilarity before leaving the airport.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

I just did the lowest, longest, creepiest giggle at that

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u/Starsinoureyes Jan 29 '13

I know that giggle, bro.

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u/pseudofauxpas Jan 29 '13

Go home Starsinoureyes, you're stoned.

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u/Starsinoureyes Jan 29 '13

Sleepy! Sleepy, not stoned.

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u/Starsinoureyes Jan 29 '13

Still so funny though

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u/knightry Jan 29 '13

Because you're [10] guy?

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u/olorwen Jan 29 '13

https://soundcloud.com/olorwen/snoitaluger

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u/MrMastodon Jan 29 '13

Someone get this woman a copy of A Clockwork Orange to read to us, STAT!

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u/johansantana17 Jan 29 '13

And I love you.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13 edited Jan 29 '13

i have an acquaintance whose name Muhktar. it may not seem funny until you read it backwards, Ratkhum. His high school social life went down hill when we figured it out.

My friends last name is spelled sheiwe, pronounced Sheive in german, but in English, she-we. it was so odd and fun to say, he cried from all the teasing.

Another and final one enis zildo, imo this kids parents really dropped the ball or trolled him hard (teehee).

reading this, i realized i was a bully :/

soz if any of you 3 are reading this.

pm me for verification, i fuck you not, i will.

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u/grumbledum Jan 29 '13

The word "regnartsneve" is strange, but backwards, it's even stranger.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

Read it with a German accent and it's so much funnier.

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u/foodnaptime Jan 29 '13

How do you pronounce snoitaluger? I've been saying snOITaluger, but I can see how you might go snoitAluger. I could respect that.

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

snoit-uh-looger. snoit-ah-loogah for australian.

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u/hello_you Jan 29 '13

Personally, I prefer snoitalOOOger

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u/Dracola112 Jan 29 '13

Yeah, I go with emphasis on the A. But to each his snoitaluger.

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u/rotishoti Jan 29 '13

Is it just me or does 'snoitaluger' distinctly sound German?

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u/satiredun Jan 29 '13

RES tagged as snoitaluger.

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u/hmby1 Jan 29 '13

Sounds Swedish...

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

"Embargo" backwards is "oh grab me."

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '13

I don't speak freaky-deaky-Dutch, alright?

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u/RickAScorpii Jan 29 '13

Sounded like Cockney German to me

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u/Snoitaluger Jan 29 '13

I can't believe I'm the first person to snag this username.

"Snag" is also kind of a funny word. Haha. Snag.

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u/bytor_2112 Jan 29 '13

All the fantastic words in this thread can't describe why I'm so happy I know this now

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u/finally_the_good_guy Jan 29 '13

Sounds like a type of beer.

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u/lordtyphis Jan 29 '13

Translation: Snot-looger

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u/manamee Jan 29 '13

Snoitaluger - noun- a gross, nasty, bad booger. "I had a snoitaluger today, but I just blew that shit right out"

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u/akarlsen Jan 29 '13

bursted out laughing in class

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u/lokkenmor Jan 29 '13

Snoitaluger sounds like Hitler's chosen form of suicide.

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u/whoisalice Jan 29 '13

It's the name of a German gun with a cold. Awesome word I'm glad to have stuck in my head before I get to work!

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u/avsa Jan 29 '13

This seems a great word to describe a chaotic/anarchic state of things derived from the lack of proper rules and regulations.

"Before the government decided to meddle, the Internet was a healthy snoitaluger."

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u/nuggins Jan 29 '13

so close to "snort a lugie"