Wriggly, giggle, puffball: What makes some words funny?
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 - 18:50
in Psychology & Sociology
Upchuck, bubby, boff, wriggly, yaps, giggle, cooch, guffaw, puffball, and jiggly: the top 10 funniest words in the English language, according to a new study. The researchers determined that there are two main kinds of predictors of funniness in words: those related to the form of the word and those related to its meaning.