Inherently Funny Words/Quotes

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"[...] I'm at home, sitting in front of my computer in my underwear, trying to decide which animal name is funnier, 'hamster' or 'gerbil.'" ("Answer: 'weasel.'")
Dave Barry, introduction to Boogers Are My Beat
"He's doing a show called Nook Hour. He says the word "nook" for an hour. Is it funny? ...not at first. Then it is funny for a bit. Then it stops being funny. Does it become funny again? Yes."
Stewart Lee'''s Comedy Vehicle
"The young people today. They think comedy is dirty words. It's not. It's words that sound dirty. Like mukluk!"
Krusty The Clown, "Day of The Jackanapes"

Love Glove: I don't know what to say.

Mr. Nobody: Try 'baboon'. It never fails to raise an embarrassed chuckle.

Finn: Let's see... funny... funny... Uh, diggy-diggy?

Marceline: PffffBAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
"'Lettuce' is not funny. 'Cabbage' is freaking hilarious. Just watch: lettuce (silence), cabbage (laugh track). Works every time."
The Nostalgia Critic, "Top 11 Nostalgia Critic F%$# Ups 3"


"Say it with me! Pickle barrel kumquat, pickle barrel kumquat, pickle barrel kumquat, chimi-cherry-changa!"
Pinkie Pie, The Last Roundup

Scientist 1: Pickle
Scientist 2: Funny
Scientist 1: Pretzel
Scientist 2: Funny
Scientist 1: Cookie
Scientist 2: Funny
Scientist 1: Steak
Scientist 2: Not funny
Scientist 1: Yellow Bellied Sapsucker
Scientist 2: Funny
Scientist 1: Dog
Scientist 2: Not funny
Scientist 1: Elephant
Scientist 2: Funny
Scientist 1: Chicken
Scientist 2: Extremely funny
Scientist 1: Lion
Scientist 2: Not funny

Scientist 1: Hmm...
—Scientists researching the funniest words in existence, from the Garfield and Friends, episode "How to be Funny".