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Funny Things to Do
5411. Facebooked
As in, "I just got facebooked". Went to Facebook just to look for a few minutes, and two hours later I'm contributing to some stupid website called inherently funny! See also Computers, Internet.
Funny Insults
5412. Schlemiel
Of Yiddish origin. An unlucky bumbler, a chump. Can be heard in the theme song from Laverne & Shirley show. See also Yiddish.
Funny Insults
5413. Schnook
A stupid or easily victimized person; a dupe. Probably Yiddish origin. See also Old-Timey, Yiddish.
Funny Words
5416. Hoi Polloi
The general populace; the masses. "The queen would rarely condescend to speak to the hoi polloi."
Funny Words
5417. Carbuncle
Funny Words
5418. Glom
Grab hold of; appropriate to oneself, as in "glommed on to her ideas." So, I don't know if it was correct that my mother often said at dinner "Don't glom your food!"
Funny Words
5419. Gobsmacked
One of my favorite words, of late. Seems to be infiltrating the U.S. via the recent influx of TV programming from the U.K., perhaps? See also British.