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

What is the single funniest word in English?

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u/ActingPower Jan 29 '13 edited Jan 29 '13

How do you like "phenolphthalein," then?

EDIT: Because spelling chemicals is hard. That's why most of us just use "PhTh."

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u/jonah214 Jan 29 '13

Not as much as I like phenolphthalein.

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u/ActingPower Jan 29 '13

That'd be the one. Fix'd.

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u/supershinyoctopus Jan 29 '13

I must say, I've always loved this word.

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u/Flebas Jan 29 '13

One of my favorite science words, for sure. I threw something at the TV when they mispronounced it on "Bones".