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No One Utters Fopdoodle with Their Dignity Intact

English Is a Circus: 109 Words too Goofy for the Machines, Helpfully Compiled with the Aid of the Machines

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Joel J Miller
Apr 06, 2026
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Years ago I collected a long list in Apple Notes of words that sound delightfully comic just to read and say, terms like bumfodder, kerplunk, and pumpernickel. Sad news: I lost the list! I remember texting it to a friend and must have cut and pasted it into the message because the original list vanished. I went looking for it and felt like that John Tra…

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