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100 Funny English Words You Didn’t Know Existed

February 19, 2026

100 Funny English Words You Didn’t Know Existed

No. Term Definition
1. Absquatulate Leave abruptly; run off.
2. Agelast Someone who never laughs.
3. Anencephalous Without a brain; brainless.
4. Apricity Warmth of winter sun.
5. Batrachomyomachy Mock-epic battle; frogs vs mice.
6. Bumbershoot An umbrella.
7. Bumfuzzle Confuse; perplex.
8. Cacography Bad handwriting or spelling.
9. Callipygian Having shapely buttocks.
10. Canoodle Cuddle and kiss amorously.
11. Cattywampus Askew; positioned awry.
12. Cockalorum Pompous little man.
13. Collywobbles Stomach upset; jitters.
14. Crapulence Discomfort from overeating or drinking.
15. Defenestrate Throw out of a window.
16. Dillydally Waste time; dawdle.
17. Donnybrook A brawl; free-for-all.
18. Dudgeon Offended, resentful anger.
19. Ecdysiast A striptease performer.
20. Eructation A belch.
21. Fard Face paint; cosmetics.
22. Fartlek Training with bursts of speed.
23. Flibbertigibbet A flighty, talkative person.
24. Floccinaucinihilipilification Act of deeming something worthless.
25. Flummox Baffle; bewilder.
26. Folderol Foolish fuss; nonsense.
27. Formication Sensation of insects crawling.
28. Fuddy-duddy Old-fashioned, fussy person.
29. Furbelow A ruffle or frill.
30. Gaberlunzie A licensed beggar.
31. Gallimaufry A jumbled mixture; hodgepodge.
32. Gobbledygook Overcomplicated, meaningless jargon.
33. Gobemouche Gullible person; fly-catcher.
34. Gonfalon A banner; standard.
35. Gubbins Stuff; gadgets; odds and ends.
36. Hobbledehoy Awkward adolescent boy.
37. Hoosegow A jail.
38. Hullabaloo A loud commotion.
39. Huzzah A cheer; shout of joy.
40. Inanition Exhaustion from lack of nourishment.
41. Jackanapes Impudent, mischievous person.
42. Jiggery-pokery Dishonest trickery; skulduggery.
43. Jollification A merry celebration.
44. Junket A pleasure trip; excursion.
45. Kakistocracy Government by the worst people.
46. Kerfuffle A commotion; fuss.
47. Kibitzer Onlooker who offers unwanted advice.
48. Klutz Clumsy person.
49. Knickerbocker Knee-length trousers; New Yorker.
50. Lickspittle Servile flatterer; toady.
51. Lollygag Loiter; dawdle.
52. Lugubrious Mournful; gloomily sad.
53. Malarkey Nonsense; bunk.
54. Maverick Independent-minded person.
55. Mumpsimus Stubborn adherence to an error.
56. Myrmidon A loyal follower; obedient subordinate.
57. Namby-pamby Weakly sentimental; insipid.
58. Nincompoop A foolish person.
59. Nudiustertian Of the day before yesterday.
60. Obfuscate Make unclear; confuse deliberately.
61. Oik An uncouth, rude person.
62. Ombrophobia Fear of rain.
63. Pettifogger Petty, tricky lawyer.
64. Piffle Trivial nonsense.
65. Pogonotrophy Cultivation of a beard.
66. Poppycock Nonsense.
67. Pratfall A clumsy fall; blunder.
68. Priggish Self-righteously proper; smug.
69. Quacksalver A charlatan; fake healer.
70. Quomodocunquize Make money by any means.
71. Quotidian Everyday; ordinary.
72. Ragamuffin A scruffy, disheveled person.
73. Rambunctious Unruly; boisterous.
74. Rigmarole Long, complicated procedure.
75. Ripsnorter Something outstandingly good or intense.
76. Roly-poly Plump; also a tumbly toy.
77. Shenanigans Mischief; secretive trickery.
78. Skedaddle Run away quickly.
79. Skulduggery Underhanded, dishonest behavior.
80. Slubberdegullion Slovenly, worthless person.
81. Snickersnee A long knife; a fight.
82. Snollygoster Shrewd, unprincipled person.
83. Squeegee Rubber-edged window wiper.
84. Taradiddle A small lie; nonsense.
85. Tatterdemalion Ragged, shabby person.
86. Tittle-tattle Gossip; trivial talk.
87. Troglodyte A cave-dweller; uncultured person.
88. Ullage Empty space in a container.
89. Ultracrepidarian Opining beyond one’s knowledge.
90. Umpteen Very many; countless.
91. Velleity A wish too weak to act on.
92. Verisimilitude Appearance of being true.
93. Wabbit Exhausted; worn out.
94. Widdershins Counterclockwise; against the sun.
95. Winklepicker Pointed-toe shoe.
96. Woolgathering Daydreaming; absentmindedness.
97. Xanthopsia Seeing things tinted yellow.
98. Xenodochial Friendly to strangers.
99. Xerophagy Eating only dry foods.
100. Yarborough Hand with no card above nine.
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