Strange English Words That Are Funny

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Have you ever been in such a situation when your buddy or boss says something seriously, and you get stuck on a single word that make you try hard to hold your laughter? It is natural that words that are misspelled will change itself to a different meaning, which will make us laugh. But, do you know that there are several strange English words that itself will make you burst out of laughter?

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Yes, English offers you some words that will make you search for its meaning. Probably, the strange English words definitions in all those cases may make you surprised to see that it doesn’t have any relation with how the word actually sounds. No wonder, this makes you feel that it is one of the dictionary funny words. Here are some of the most witty and strange English words definitions.

Dictionary: Why to search more? Here itself is the most funniest word before you, ‘the Dictionary’. Remember the first time you realised that the word dictionary in reality don’t have the spelling that you actually expected. Haven’t you wondered and laughed at yourself for your mistake?

Sprocket: Have you ever heard about this? This has one of the interesting and strange English words definitions. Sprocket doesn’t have anything to do with rocket. It is all about a profiled wheel with teeth or cogs that mesh with a chain. Any wheel with radial projections that has a passing chain is a sprocket.

Lollygagging: Tell me, what all meanings came in your mind right now. Don’t think that it is something like LOL or something out of dictionary? Lollygagging is already in the L page of your dictionary as one among the dictionary funny words, with a meaning that is spending time aimlessly or being idle. Now, you feel that the meaning suits to the word. Isn’t it?

Phenolphthalein: If you ask school students what made them laugh in the chemistry class, the majority among them may answer you ‘phenolphthalein’. Try to spell the word and in most cases you will get confused, no matter how sure you are. This spelling confusion may feel funnier than any other strange English words definitions.

Nincompoop: Did you also notice the last four letters? Then, how we will avoid this word while considering strange English words definitions? The meaning actually don’t have anything to do with what you thought, but it actually means a foolish or stupid person. This is one of the hilarious dictionary funny words that makes people laugh.

Googol: Hey, it’s not a spelling mistake that we typed ‘google’ in a wrong way. It is really googol. This is actually something related to mathematics. A googol is the biggest number with a name googoleplex, which is often called by its pet name googol. It is 10¹⁰⁰; that is, the digit 1 followed by 100 zeroes.

Discombobulate: Can you stay with a serious face if your boss asks you "Are you trying to discombobulate me?" If the answer is no, then probably you may not know the meaning. Yes, he was serious. He asked you whether you are trying to disconcert or confuse him. This is one of the humorous dictionary funny words.

Do you know any such funny words?