Absquatulate http://www.writinghood.com/tags/Absquatulate New posts about Absquatulate 100 of the Funniest Words in the English Language http://www.writinghood.com/Style/100-of-the-Funniest-Words-in-the-English-Language.78950

  • @

    The "at" sign.

  • Abibliophobia

    The fear of running out of reading material.

  • Absquatulate

    To leave or abscond with something.

  • Allegator

    Some who alleges.

  • Argle-bargle

    A loud row or quarrel.

  • Bamboozle

    To cheat or deceive.

  • Billingsgate

    Loud, raucous profanity.

  • Bling-bling

    Shiny jewelry or other show of wealth.

  • Bloviate

    To speak pompously or brag.

  • Blunderbuss

    A gun with a flared muzzle or disorganized activity.

  • Bodacious

    Audacious, gutsy.

  • Borborygm

    A rumbling of the stomach.

  • Boustrophedon

    Back and forth pattern.

  • Bowyang

    A strap that holds the legs of the pants in place.

  • Brouhaha

    An uproar.

  • Callipygian

    Having an attractive rear end or nice buns.

  • Canoodle

    To hug and kiss.

  • Cantankerous

    Testy, grumpy.

  • Catercorner

    Diagonal(ly).

  • Cockamamie

    Absurd, outlandish.

  • Codswallop

    Nonsense, balderdash.

  • Collop

    A slice of meat or fold of flab.

  • Crapulence

    Discomfort from eating or drinking too much.

  • Crudivore

    An eater of raw food.

  • Donnybrook

    An melee, a riot.

  • Doppleganger

    A double, someone identical to someone else.

  • Dudgeon

    A bad mood, a huff.

  • Eruction

    A burp, belch.

  • Fard

    Face-paint, makeup.

  • Fartlek

    An athletic training regime.

  • Fatuous

    Unconsciously foolish.

  • Fenestration

    Putting in windows or the arrangement of windows.

  • Filibuster

    Refusal to give up the floor in a debate to prevent a vote.

  • Firkin

    A quarter barrel or small cask.

  • Flibbertigibbet

    Nonsense, balderdash.

  • Floccinaucinihilipilification

    Considering something to be worthless.

  • Flummox

    To exasperate.

  • Formication

    The sense of ants crawling on your skin.

  • Fuddy-Duddy

    An old-fashioned, mild-mannered person.

  • Furbelow

    A fringe or ruffle.

  • Furphy

    A portable water-container.

  • Gaberlunzie

    A wandering beggar.

  • Gardyloo

    A warning shouted before throwing water from above.

  • Gastromancy

    Telling fortune from the rumblings of the stomach.

  • Gazump

    To buy something already promised to someone else.

  • Gobbledygook

    Nonsense, balderdash.

  • Godwottery

    Nonsense, balderdash.

  • Gongoozle

    To stare at, kibitz.

  • Gonzo

    Far-out journalism.

  • Goombah

    An older friend who protects you.

  • Hobbledehoy

    An awkward or ill-mannered young boy.

  • Hoosegow

    A jail or prison.

  • Hornswoggle

    To cheat or deceive.

  • Hullabaloo

    An uproar or scandal.

  • Jackanapes

    A rapscallion, hooligan.

  • Kerfuffle

    Nonsense, balderdash.

  • Klutz

    An awkward, stupid person.

  • Lackaday

    An interjection indicating disappointment.

  • La-di-da

    An interjection indicating that something is pretentious.

  • Lagopodous

    Like a rabbit's foot.

  • Logorrhea

    Loquaciousness, talkativeness.

  • Lollapalooza

    Something outstanding.

  • Lollygag

    To move slowly, fall behind.

  • Macaronic

    Containing a mixture of foreign words.

  • Malarkey

    Nonsense, balderdash.

  • Maverick

    A loner, someone outside the box.

  • Mistletoe

    A parasitic plant with waxy white berries.

  • Mollycoddle

    To treat too leniently.

  • Mugwump

    An independent politician who does not follow any party.

  • Mumpsimus

    An outdated and unreasonable position on an issue.

  • Namby-Pamby

    Weak, with no backbone.

  • Ornery

    Mean, nasty, grumpy.

  • Osculate

    To kiss.

  • Panjandrum

    Someone who thinks himself high and mighty.

  • Panty-waist

    A sissy.

  • Pettifogger

    A person who tries to befuddle others with his speech.

  • Picayune

    Picky, very particular.

  • Pratfall

    A fall on one's rear.

  • Quean

    A disreputable woman.

  • Quidnunc

    A busybody, nosy person.

  • Rambunctious

    Aggressive, hard to control.

  • Rhabdomancy

    Searching for things underground with a divining rod.

  • Rhinorrhea

    A runny nose.

  • Rigmarole

    Nonsense, unnecessary complexity.

  • Schadenfreude

    Delight in someone else's misfortune.

  • Shenanigan

    Prank.
  • Smellfungus A perpetual pessimist.

  • Snarky

    Out of sorts.

  • Snickersnee

    A long knife.

  • Snollygoster

    A person who can't be trusted.

  • Snook

    A gesture of defiant derision, like thumbing your nose.

  • Troglodyte

    Someone or something that lives in a cave.

  • Turdiform

    Having the form of a lark.

  • Veneficial

    Poisonous, used to poison or in sorcery.

  • Wabbit

    Exhausted, tired, worn out.

  • Wampumpeag

    Money, wampum.

  • Whippersnapper

    An upstart, a smart guy.

  • Widdershins

    In a contrary or counterclockwise direction.

  • Wowser

    An obnoxiously puritanical person.

  • Yahoo

    A rube, a country bumpkin.
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