Favourite Nonsense Word?
I'll keep it simple - post'em (with phonetics if you think it's necessary)
The Return of DO
06-04-2005, 14:14
gobbledeegook
I love it
Doh! Homer Simpson has taught me so much.
*breathes in*
hippopotomonstrosesquipadaliaphobia
at least I think that's how you spell it
oh and I like confuzzled too
Peechland
06-04-2005, 14:35
Tomfoolery *giggles*
Tomfoolery *giggles*
Now THAT's a good one. *says to himself* Tomfoolery.
Gataway_Driver
06-04-2005, 14:38
Cock of the poppiest variety ;)
Legless Pirates
06-04-2005, 14:38
gimmig
Cognative Superios
06-04-2005, 14:39
not used much but mine are Meep, a general reaction word and Blargh, a blend of blah and argh
allong with the more well known Horsefeathers
The Return of DO
06-04-2005, 14:39
hippopotomonstrosesquipadaliaphobia
Doesn't that mean something?
GUINESS AND TULLAMORE
06-04-2005, 14:41
"normal"
and "poppycock" it just sounds funny then again so does cloeaca(sp?) and it sounds funny too.
The Return of DO
06-04-2005, 14:43
cacaphobia (a real word) is great
QuentinTarantino
06-04-2005, 14:47
galavanting :p
Illusive
06-04-2005, 14:47
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
(pneumono=pneumonia)(ultramicroscopic=self-explanatory)(silico=made of silicon)(volcano=comes from volcanos)(coniosis= basic ending)
So... this is pneumonia caused by microscopic silicon which came from a volcano
SWEET :D
I quite like 'Tiddlypop' although it's essential that you say it fast.
and
Hoo-Hah, as in 'It's all just a big Hoo-Hah'
Paradiesonearth
07-04-2005, 15:04
Krjmn
An expression I often use when doesn't work the way it should...
And: Möp-Möp
Boonytopia
07-04-2005, 15:43
Higgledy piggledy.
Centrostina
07-04-2005, 16:12
Not so much a nonsense word as a rather amusing word... blancmange.
hippopotomonstrosesquipadaliaphobia
Doesn't that mean something?
Yes--it means "the fear of long words". It was invented by someone with a bad sense of humor.
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I like it too, although my favorite may be "floccinaucinihilipilification." Nine i's!