Do you think you have a good vocabulary? We can guarantee you've probably never heard some of these funny words before. Are you one of those people who still giggle when someone says “duty”? Wait ...
Browse through a gluppity-glup Dr. Seuss book or the frabjous poetry of Lewis Carroll and you’ll find words that are simply funny, regardless of their meaning or context. So why are some words ...
Have you ever heard a joke so funny, you said it killed you? You’re in good company. The 15 wisecrackers on this list are princesses and playwrights, murderers and martyrs. They span centuries and ...
Does the word “quingel” make you giggle? How about “finglam? Or “rembrob?” Don’t worry about reaching for the dictionary. These are all nonsense words generated by a computer. But if you think they ...
‘Wonderland of Words’: Shashi Tharoor’s ‘seriously funny’ book on the quirks of the English language
I shall not be sorry if this review contains gratuitous grandiloquence or unrestrained zealousness, even at the risk of appearing sesquipedalian – these are mere symptoms of having devoured Shashi ...
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