Your friends and family may seem completely flummoxed when they hear you use some of these words, but they’ll really just be impressed you know them at all. And while lots of the words we compiled may sound like we made them and they’re fake, we guarantee they are 100% real. We even added in their definitions so you’ll know exactly what they mean and how you can use them when you’re talking or texting someone. Take a peek below and get ready to add 105 funny words to your vocabulary. Just try not to titter when you’re actually using them IRL.
105 Funny Words
- Bumfuzzle You might hear your grandparents use this funny word that refers to being confused or perplexed.
- Fartlek This is an activity runners do when they change between sprinting and jogging.
- Everywhen This isn’t a typo, it means “always” or “all the time.”
- Erf You may think this is some sort of sound, but it’s actually a word that means “plot of land.”
- Hullaballoo You can use this word when you’re talking about a commotion.
- Meldrop Unfortunately, this isn’t a food. Instead, it’s a drop of mucus hanging from someone’s nose.
- Obelus Have you ever wondered what the symbol used for division in a math problem is called? Well, now you know!
- Sozzled When someone is drunk, you can describe them using this silly word.
- Bumbershoot This fun word is another word for “umbrella.”
- Titter Replace the word “giggle” or “laugh” with this word when you want to impress someone.
- Smicker Not to be confused with the word “snicker,” a “smicker” means to look amorously after someone.
- Cleek This is a word that means “big hook.”
- Whippersnapper You might hear an older person call a young, overly confident person this long, wacky word.
- Salopettes “Salopettes” is a word used to describe a pair of high-waisted skiing pants that has shoulder straps.
- Biblioklept This refers to a person who steals books.
- Accubation This describes a person who eats/drinks while they’re laying down — so basically anyone who snacks while watching Netflix is an “accubation.”
- Lollygag This word describes a person that is messing around and doing something that isn’t useful.
- Abecedarian Anyone who is currently learning the alphabet can be referred to as this — so basically all kindergarteners.
- Bamboozled Someone who uses this word in a sentence is likely saying they were tricked into doing something.
- Cutesy-poo While this might sound like a pet’s name, it really is a word that means “sickeningly cute.”
- Flabbergast When you want to get across that you were shocked about something, you can use this.
- Foppish If someone is always super-concerned about how their outfit looks, you can refer to them as “foppish.”
- Cattywampus No, this isn’t a type of animal, it’s actually a direction and means the same thing as saying something is catty-corner from something else.
- Noob This word is used when somebody is inexperienced in something, usually referring to the use of the internet or a video game.
- Octothorpe While people may call this symbol a hashtag (#), its real name is an “octothorpe.”
- Schmooze This is when you talk in a way to someone where you try to impress them in a friendly and lively way.
- Finifugal This is what you’d call someone who is afraid of finishing anything.
- Smaze Don’t mistake this for Tyra Banks’ coined word “smize.” A “smaze” is what you get when there is a combination of smoke and haze.
- Skirl This is the loud, wailing sound that bagpipes make. Who knew?
- Adorbs This is a cute and shortened form of the word “adorable.”
- Waesucks Instead of saying “alas!” you can say this goofy word.
- Widdershins This is a funny word that means something is moving in the wrong direction/counter-clockwise.
- Blubber This word refers to a thick layer of fat.
- Dollop This describes a quantity of something, usually food.
- Festooned This has nothing to do with cartoons and everything to do with decor and how a place is decorated.
- Fuddy-duddy A person who is super old-fashioned and doesn’t want anything to do with modern trends would be called this.
- Gobbledygook While this might sound like gross food, it actually means the same thing as the word “gibberish.”
- Popple This is a term that means “choppy seas.”
- Hodgepodge You can use this word when you’re talking about having a mix of random and various items.
- Ramshackle This describes something that looks like it’s about to fall apart.
- Wishy-washy A person who has trouble making a decision- big or small- is called this word.
- Flummoxed This means you’re completely confused.
- Gardyloo Otherwise known as a warning cry.
- Collywobbles The next time you have a stomachache, you can use this word.
- Billingsgate This word is used to describe coarse language.
- Lickety-split This means “ASAP.”
- Slumgullion This is a cheap meat stew.
- Ill-willie A look of unfriendly disposition.
- Conjubilant This word is used when you’re describing a group that is shouting out in joy together.
- Futz This basically refers to wasting your time.
- Bunghole This is what a hole that is in a barrel or cask that you pour the liquid through is called.
- Flibbertigibbet A person who is silly and irresponsible can be referred to as this.
- Hoecake Believe it or not, this is the name of a southern-style cornbread.
- Frippery If you want to describe something that is snobby-elegant, use this.
- Namby-pamby One might say that calling a foul on a basketball player during a game when they flop is a pretty “namby-pamby” rule.
- Gibbons Instead of saying you have “rubbish” or “knickknacks” in your house, you can use this word to tell others you have small objects that have no real value.
- Diphthong This isn’t a piece of clothing. Believe it or not, it’s used to describe the sound of two vowels when they are joined together, like the sound of the “oy” in joy.
- Wamble This is another word to describe feeling nauseous.
- Geebung You’ll see a lot of these small trees in Australia and New Zealand.
- Jackanapes A mischievous child would be described with this word.
- Teazel This is a herb with a flower head that is very prickly.
- Kibitzer This is a Yiddish word that basically means “backseat driver.”
- Phablet This is what you’d call a gadget that is both a smartphone and a tablet.
- Mollycoddle Sorry guys, but this word is used when you’re talking about a guy who is used to being coddled or pampered.
- Ragamuffin Someone who’s dressed in ragged clothes.
- Snickersnee. While this word sounds like it’d have something to do with laughing, it’s actually a word for a long and dangerous knife.
- Piffle You can use this when someone is speaking nonsense.
- Puggle This is what you call a dog that is the mix of a beagle and a pug.
- Rubaboo Nope, this isn’t made up. It’s a soup that’s made with flour, veggies and meat paste.
- Scalawag You can probably imagine Jack Sparrow using this word to describe a member of his crew that was a rascal.
- Gibberish When someone is speaking in nonsense and with words that make no sense, you use this word.
- Teetotaler If you’re someone who doesn’t drink alcohol, then you’re known as a “teetotaler.”
- Skedaddle This is another word that means “to run away.”
- Wampum You’d probably never guess it, but this is a small cylindrical bead made from polished shells.
- Spleenwort This has nothing to do with your spleen and actually everything to do with a small fern that grows on rocks and walls.
- Hullabaloo You can use this word the next time you hear a really loud noise.
- Taradiddle This word is used when you want to explain that something someone is talking about is a lie or over-exaggerated.
- Whirligig You use this word when you want to refer to something that whirls or revolves.
- Yitten If you want to say that someone is frightened, use this word instead.
- Ratoon This is a tiny shoot growing from the root of a plant.
- Dingus When you forget what something is called, you can use this word.
- Flibbertigibbet This word is so odd that it may sound fake, but it refers to a silly and talkative person.
- Pronk This word describes a leap you do in the air when you have an arched back and stiff legs.
- Hogwash This has nothing to do with giving pigs a bath. It’s a word you use when someone believes something, like a superstition, is fake.
- Bupkis When you want to use a word that means “nothing,” use this one.
- Fipple A mouthpiece of a recorder or another type of similar wind instrument is called this.
- Aloof This word may sound silly, but you use it to describe someone who is not friendly.
- Williwaw Can you believe this word means “violent winds that blow in polar latitudes?”
- Yooper Residents of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula are called this nickname.
- Squeegee This is a T-shaped tool that is used to remove water from floors and windows.
- Doohickey This is what you’d call a small object or gadget if you forgot its real name.
- Cabotage You’d never guess it, but this means transporting passengers or goods between two places in the same country.
- Deckled If something is “deckled,” it means it has paper edges that were cut by hand.
- Frou-frou This word was used a lot in the 1870s and was meant to describe the rustling sound that a long dress made.
- Ballyhoo The next time you see a company trying too hard to win over a customer with an advertisement, you can call them this.
- Abear This has nothing to do with animals, but instead means you endured something.
- Whiffler This is what you call a person who walks in front of you when you’re in a crowd.
- Hoodwink This means the same as the word “deceive.”
- Stumblebum This is another word used to describe a clumsy person.
- Unperson This doesn’t mean a person isn’t a person anymore. It’s a word you use to describe a person that has been erased because of their misbehavior.
- Doozy This is something that is not normal. 101. Nudiustertian Meaning “very recently” or relating to the day before yesterday. 102. Floccinaucinihilipilification “The estimation of something as worthless,” it’s also one of the longest words in English.
- Canoodle Kissing and cuddling.
- Ragout It’s a dish of meat and vegetables that’s very satisfying to say. 105. Brouhaha An overexcited response to something. Check out… 25 Palindrome Words23 New Words in the Dictionary101 Best Funny Puns250 Funny Usernames101 Funny Quotes
