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Funny Things
5561. Cockles
Any of various weeds that grow in grain fields, as the corn cockle. See also Plants.
Funny Things to Do
5562. 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
5563. 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
5564. Schnook
A stupid or easily victimized person; a dupe. Probably Yiddish origin. See also Old-Timey, Yiddish.
Funny Words
5567. Hoi Polloi
The general populace; the masses. "The queen would rarely condescend to speak to the hoi polloi."
Funny Words
5568. Carbuncle
Funny Words
5569. 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
5570. 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.