Inherently funny word
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An inherently funny word is a word that is humorous without context, often more for its phonetic structure than for its meaning.
Inherently funny word - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Words which have been described as inherently funny An inherently funny word is a word that is humorous without context, often more for its phonetic structure than for its meaning. Vaudeville tradition holds that words with the / k / sound are funny. A 2015 study at the University of Alberta suggested that the humor of certain nonsense words can be explained by whether they seem rude, and by the property of entropy : the improbability of certain letters being used together in a word. Funny words in English
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