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19 April 2006

Wonky. I just realized I've used the word at least twice in comments here today. What a fun word-- wonky, wonky, wonky. What are some other fun words?

post by: kyleg at: 20:15 | 25 comments

You know what's a fun word? Wonky.

posted by mudpuppie 19 April | 20:18

WWWWOOOONNNNKKKKYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!

posted by jrossi4r 19 April | 20:22

swank.

posted by I Love Tacos 19 April | 20:36

aioli, bruschetta, carborundum, diphthong, ephemera

posted by box 19 April | 20:54

crotch

posted by mudpuppie 19 April | 20:56

ygriega, zawinul, farquhar, saskatoon, hamsterdam, foma, cubby, athabasca.

posted by Lipstick Thespian 19 April | 21:04

saying "poet laureate" out loud is awesome, but is best only after warming up and slightly irritating your vocal chords, and then waiting until the warmth remains but the pain is gone.

No, this had nothing to do with an illegal narcotic. Not at all. *cough*

posted by jmhodges 19 April | 21:05

Pupik

posted by jelly 19 April | 21:07

flibbertigibbet, gnu, hippodrome, isthmus, jambalaya

posted by box 19 April | 21:10

kooky, labyrinthine, manna, narwhal, octopi

posted by box 19 April | 21:11

penis and vagina!

posted by mike9322 19 April | 21:13

paraphernalia, qindarka, rototiller, sphygmomonometer, tympani

posted by box 19 April | 21:13

ubiquitous, vast, wiggle, xylem, yantra, zwieback

posted by box 19 April | 21:15

hendiadys, cliticization, indubitably, retromingent

posted by nomis 19 April | 21:29

"Cliticization"?

I think that's something I can get behind....

posted by mudpuppie 19 April | 21:31

nubbin
onomatopoeia
platypus

(octopodes)

posted by porpoise 19 April | 21:37

prescriptivism

(I didn't know that. Thanks.)

posted by box 19 April | 21:46

mudpuppie, linguistics is full of great terms. Another favourite is "linguo-labial".

posted by nomis 19 April | 22:21

juh-unk
junk.

posted by Hellbient 19 April | 22:43

Nifty.

posted by deborah 19 April | 22:49

vibraphone

posted by box 19 April | 23:01

I used to be a crack vibraphone player.

Just saying....

posted by mudpuppie 19 April | 23:21

flibbertygibbet

posted by ethylene 19 April | 23:34

spoodnik.

posted by quonsar 20 April | 06:19

discombobulated, defenestrated.

diazepam is funny too, for some reason.

Maybe it's the d's.

posted by Fuzzbean 20 April | 09:02

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