Is this a p<\/span>erissology primer?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Every once in a while we stumble on a website (or web page) that we want to share with you. And fortunately, our “Site Picks” allow us to do that.\u00a0 So today, we are going to share with you a site that has a lot of funny words you probably never saw before. And even if you have an immense vocabulary, there are words here I can say with certainty you’ve never heard of.<\/span><\/p>\n Will this page ad to your usable vocabulary? Probably not – although it would be fun to throw some of these at your favorite sesquipedalian. d<\/span><\/p>\n Today’s site pick comes to us via Reader’s Digest.<\/em> I remember my parents subscribed to Reader’s Digest<\/em> and I use to read the “Word Power” section when I was in high school. I learned a lot of words from those pages. And this is not taradiddle, we tells ya.<\/span><\/p>\n Reader’s Digest introduces “100 Funny Words You Probably Don’t Know” this way…<\/span><\/p>\n Words are weird<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Are you one of those people who still giggle when someone says \u201cduty\u201d? Wait until you read these far less common funny words that are completely real. Sometimes the\u00a0new words added to the dictionary<\/a>\u00a0can be funny, but these 100 words are agelessly silly! Of course, the way people put words together can be pretty funny, too\u2014just take the\u00a0funniest quotes of all time<\/a>. And brush up on your grammar knowledge with these\u00a0acronym examples<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0funny malapropisms<\/a>.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Here are some of the words from today’s Cloudeight site pick!<\/span><\/p>\n Taradiddle Macaronic Fubsy Cabotage<\/span><\/strong> It means the transport of goods and passengers between two places in the same country, or the right to do so. Originally, it only referred to coastal travel between ports, but the definition has expanded to include travel by air, railway, and by road.<\/span><\/p>\n Firkin<\/span><\/strong> Popple<\/span><\/strong> Bumfuzzle<\/span><\/strong><\/span> Octothorpe<\/span><\/strong> Perissology<\/span><\/strong> Slumgullion<\/span><\/strong> There are a lot more where those came from. So whether you’re hankering to learn some new words or just looking to be amused, you’ll find our site pick is more than just a bunch of taradiddle!<\/span><\/p>\n So, fire up your browser and visit Reader’s Digest’s <\/em>“100 Funny Words Your Probably Don’t Know”<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n A Bonus for you!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Are you a grammar nut? You’ll love this Reader’s Digest page!<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n You’ll find such gems as these…<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Calling All Logophiles – Here are 100 Funny Words You Probably Don\u2019t Know Is this a perissology primer? Every once in a while we stumble on a website (or web page) that we want to share with you. And fortunately, our “Site Picks” allow us to do that.\u00a0 So today, we are going to share with\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[4350,673,954],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23017"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23017"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23021,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23017\/revisions\/23021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Many weird words seem fake at first. Do you know what this one means? Here\u2019s a hint: This word\u00a0sounds\u00a0<\/em>like taradiddle! That\u2019s because it means bogus, nonsense, or a lie…<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span>Looking to find this word on an Italian dinner menu topped with cheese? You won\u2019t. Think you can guess what it means? It actually refers to when someone mixes two different languages together.<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong>Nope, it\u2019s not a creepy Furby knockoff! \u201cFubsy\u201d means squat or portly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nLet\u2019s make one thing clear: Cabotage does not mean to sabotage a taxi driver. So what\u2019s the real definition?<\/span><\/p>\n
\nNope, \u201cfirkin\u201d is not a dirty word, nor is it a catlike creature that can swallow things ten times its size, like Marvel Comics\u2019 \u201cflerken.\u201d It\u2019s a British word that refers to a small tub or vessel…<\/span><\/p>\n
\nThis word, which means \u201cchoppy seas,\u201d seems onomatopoetic. We can imagine waves breaking on the shore, making the noise \u201cpopple popple popple.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n
\nThis funny word means to confuse, perplex, or fluster, according to Merriam Webster. We sure would be flustered if someone used this word in conversation with us.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nDepending on your age and use of technology, you might call this symbol a pound sign or a hashtag\u2014but its \u201cofficial\u201d name is an octothorpe! <\/span><\/p>\n
\n\u201cPerissology\u201d means being overly wordy\u2014something you may be guilty of if you use a lot of these funny words!<\/span><\/p>\n
\nA slumgullion is a cheap meat stew. It\u2019s one of the English language\u2019s weird words for food that don\u2019t sound appetizing at all.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n![\"Grammar](\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2022\/tense.png\")
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