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Or is the word plinth funny?

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Vexorg · 16/11/2019 12:43

I can’t explain why, but I’ve always found the word plinth deeply funny. When we were organising the kitchen, I kept sniggering whoever we talked about fitting the units.
I also laugh at crayon.
Does anyone else have words that make them smirk?

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NotTonightJosepheen · 20/11/2019 18:47

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iklboo · 20/11/2019 18:48

Flange. Flange is a funny word.

Whatwillbetheendofus · 20/11/2019 18:50

@PorridgeAgainAbney
Underlay definitely has to be said in a Spanish accent here too. I think does speedy gonzales say something that sounds similar. My Dh looks at me like I'm mad.

flouncyfanny · 20/11/2019 18:57

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Sleeplesssleepseeker · 20/11/2019 18:57

Haddock

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ThunerDrewer · 20/11/2019 19:08

Not that make me smirk but 'moist' and 'flange' just sound dirty, and put them together 'moist flange' ewwwww.

ThunerDrewer · 20/11/2019 19:10

DH says 'turgid' and 'flaccid'

ThunerDrewer · 20/11/2019 19:15

Gash and discharge sound crude.

LavaMagma · 20/11/2019 19:28

smegma

wanderings · 23/11/2019 08:08

Truncheon.

And for that matter, luncheon.

@keepingbees In one of my games of netball, the other team swapped my opponent to someone else. While she was busily marking me, I said to her "I was just getting used to your colleague's tactics, I'm all discombobulated now!" She found the word wildly funny.

Pinkarsedfly · 23/11/2019 08:22

Parsnip
Mucky
Boon

Flange is the ultimate though.

sandgrown · 23/11/2019 08:40

I can't stand the word panties or bladdered (as in drunk). I love the words parsimonious and impecunious but I can't find the opportunity to use them. If I was parsimonious I might not be impecunious!

wanderings · 23/11/2019 08:44

@sandgrown Don't watch the recent film of the BFG. One of the first lines is Sophie shouting from her window, pompously telling some local drunks "you're all bladdered!!".

experimentnumber626 · 23/11/2019 09:04

Spoon. When referring to cutlery, but pronouncing it as 'sbooon'.

sandgrown · 23/11/2019 12:25

Thanks @Wanderings I will avoid it !

Snugglepumpkin · 23/11/2019 12:33

My ex used to love pouring over the latest Axminster Tools Catalogue.

He'd go on (& on & on & on) about wanting some boring bit & I'd end up sometimes actually crying with laughter but he couldn't see what was so funny as he bored on about boring bits.

MrsandMrsonedaysoon · 23/11/2019 14:20

A strange one but mine has always been the word Chair. Like how did one day people decided oh look that looks like a chair? That’s what we will call it from now one.

OlaEliza · 23/11/2019 14:33

I'll see your flange and raise you flaps

I raise clunge.

OlaEliza · 23/11/2019 14:36

Chair probably originated from chaise

OlaEliza · 23/11/2019 14:36

Onomatopoeia is my favourite word.

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