Comedy words reassessment

[popcorn]

• Monkeys - not funny
• Biscuits - not funny
• Ninjas - not funny
• Pirates - not funny
• Bananas - FUNNY AGAIN
• Sausages - not funny

[Default to the negative]

Is Jap's Eye still allowed? I know it's wrong but I just can't stop using it.

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

Belkin router - funny
Stranglehold - funny
Minge -?
Gorgon - funny
Leominster - funny
Prong - funny
Threat - funny
Bombardment/Bombast/Bombing/Bombe -?
Russell Group - funny
Fume - funny
Escalate - funny
Head honcho - funny
Woad - very funny
Retain - not

[NJ Uncut]

Bigtime = funny
Ratify = not
Prorogue = funny ("John Prorogued his toss until the window cleaner had gone")
bastille day = funny
Diagnosis = hysterical

[BlodwynPig]

Kookaburra - laughable
Popcorn - somewhat beige

[Default to the negative]

What about 'bugger'? It's one of those words people say without giving thought to its denotation. 'Oh bugger' and 'You little bugger' and so on.

But buggery, in the literal sense, is no laughing matter.

[petril]

the funny seas are the Caspian and the Mediterranean

[Jerzy Bondov]

bloody - not funny
sodding - not funny
pissing - not funny
shitting - funny
cunting - funny

[seepage]

kumquats: still funny
bananas: funny again (as above)
all other fruit & veg: not funny

[NJ Uncut]

The Lot = hilarious
Loads = not
Big Oil = not as funny now
Tell her to fuck right off = hilarious

[idunnosomename]

Cockwomble = gaining satirical potential through ironic use

[Sherringford Hovis]

Retain - not

Retained - pants-shittingly hilarious

[idunnosomename]

aids = classic
grave = cool
buttplug = always
cheese = haha cheese

[alan nagsworth]

What about 'bugger'? It's one of those words people say without giving thought to its denotation. 'Oh bugger' and 'You little bugger' and so on.

But buggery, in the literal sense, is no laughing matter.

The similarly overlooked etymology of the seemingly innocent "buggerlugs" always cracks me up.

[honeychile]

I have exhaustively researched the garment words and disappointly only the below are now funny:

leggings - funny
long johns - funny
bobble hat - funny
stetson - funny
cravatte - funny
vest - funny
string vest - funny
buckle - funny

[Shoulders?-Stomach!]

'Tinge'

Very funny according to some

[petril]

jeans stays funny for another six months, on grounds that you can really extend the vocalisation a bit.

shite is locked in for another two years, but will most likely be extended further. can't see that one dropping off.

more updates from me later

[Ray Travez]

Woggle- archaic and irrelevant. Not funny

Swazzle- a vast reservoir of untapped potential