Vote For Your Favorite Caption
(Or Write Your Own)
"Grandma was feeling a little snarky, like a fuddy-duddy, before she bodaciously pulled the nose hanging spoon shenanigan and caused quite a hullabaloo, showing that mollycoddled, panty waste whippersnapper that she was not the cantankerous wowser he thought she was. He canoodled her and said with a smile, 'La-di-da, Gramma! La-di-DA!'"—Christie at Crickl's Nest
"He was feeling snarky. She was quite cantankerous. She said, "You young whippersnapper!" What a brouhaha ensued! After the argle-bargle she was flummoxed to find a spoon attached to her nose."—Laurie at Fernook Farmgirl
How Many of These Outrageous Words
Do You Know?
1. Argle-bargle: A loud row or quarrel.
2. Bamboozle: To cheat or deceive.
3. Blunderbuss: A gun with a flared muzzle or disorganized activity.
4. Bodacious: Audacious, gutsy.
5. Brouhaha: An uproar.
6. Canoodle: To hug and kiss.
7. Cantankerous: Testy, grumpy.
8. Flummox: To exasperate.
9. Fuddy-duddy: An old-fashioned, mild-mannered person.
10. Gobbledygook: Nonsense, balderdash.
11. Hullabaloo: An uproar or scandal.
12. Kerfuffle: Nonsense, balderdash.
12a. "Kennedy": (A bonus word!) Thanks to Tara, the definition is here.
13. Klutz: An awkward, stupid person.
14. La-di-da: An interjection indicating that something is pretentious.
15. Lollapalooza: Something outstanding.
16. Lollygag: To move slowly, fall behind.
17. Malarkey: Nonsense, balderdash.
18. Mollycoddle: To treat too leniently.
19. Mugwump: An independent politician who does not follow any party.
20. Namby-pamby: Weak, with no backbone.
21. Panty-waist: A sissy.
21a. PENSIEVE: (Another bonus word!) Visit Robin for the definition, and to offer your encouragement.
22. Picayune: Picky, very particular.
23. Rambunctious: Aggressive, hard to control.
24. Rigmarole: Nonsense, unnecessary complexity.
25. Shenanigan: Prank.
26. Snarky: Out of sorts.
27. Snook: A gesture of defiant derision, like thumbing your nose.
28. Wabbit: Exhausted, tired, worn out.
29. Whippersnapper: An upstart, a smart guy.
30. Wowser: An obnoxiously puritanical person.
This is an excerpt from "The 100 Funniest Words in the English Language" at alphaDictionary.com. Hey, are you trying to improve your vocabulary? Read Dictionary.com's "Word of the Day" here, and subscribe to their daily email service for FREE!
Related: The Humor of Christ
Carol at She Lives has posted an interesting piece on the dry humor of Jesus called, "She Gets the Joke." Good food for thought! Also, my NT theology professor recommended a book entitled, "The Humor of Christ" by Elton Trueblood. If you've read this gem, please leave me a comment.
Using one of the words above, can you make up a caption for the photo?Photo Credit: techne (Flickr)
16 Comments:
You have listed some of my all-time favorite words here! People think it's so fun when you throw a good weird word in here and there.
Here's my caption....a nice run on sentence, my specialty! ;)
Grandma was feeling a little snarky, like a fuddy-duddy, before she bodaciously pulled the nose hanging spoon shenanigan and caused quite a hullabaloo, showing that mollycoddled, panty waste whippersnapper that she was not the cantankerous wowser he thought she was.
He canoodled her and said with a smile, "La-di-da, Gramma! La-di-DA!"
Wait. I thought it was "mamby-pamby. How weird. This revelation has my world all askew now.
I click on you this morning before I went grocery shopping and thought I would pass on this one. I will try and make a good go of this.
Brouhaha Lollapalooza
An uproar that is something very outstanding.
I can't balance a spoon on my noise.
I knew most of those words! surprisingly enough.. would it make me a geek that we used to look for weird words to be fun!
I'd call grandma "gamesome"
I use alot of those words myself lol
e-Mom,
I knew a few of these. Once again love visiting here. I wish I had 48 hour to each day. I don't seem to get over to your place nearly enough. Blessing, Lynn
To your question: "Fuddy-duddy"? Not sure. I did know some of the words (Fuddy-duddy, Gobbledygook, Klutz, Lollapalooza, Pensieve, Rambunctious, Wowser.
You always give me some new words to learn :). Especially knowing the difference between 'neck' and 'knack'. Although they sound the same, they have totally different meanings.
crickl: ROFL!!! You are hilarious! I'll have to show my husband what you've written as soon as he gets home. My daughter (a wordsmith in her own right) loved it too! Thanks for taking up my challenge. We've had a great laugh. :~)
carol: Sorry to disturb your linguistic equilibrium!
lori: I love your spirit, and your effort. Thanks for coming back to give it a whirl! I once had a girlfriend who could balance a spoon on her nose. I don't believe I've ever tried it. :~)
amydeanne: I love "wordy" people like you! Speaking of "gamesome," (lol) we play the Dictionary Game at family parties... a hoot. Do you know it?
amy: You must be very literate!
lynn: You're welcome to come by as often as you're able. I hope you had a bit of a chuckle here today
eph2810: I'm surprised you know so many of these! I know about two German words...
Love it: "Fuddy duddy?" is a great caption.
As for "knack" and "neck," forgive me. I hope I didn't embarass you. Growing up, my Mom was like the "language police" around our house, and once in awhile I repeat her annoying habit! :~)
I don't mind at all when corrections come from a friend. :)
Oh, e-mom-a-licious...did you see one of my four posts from yesterday??? I made reference to the "word of the day" I had received in my inbox from m-w.com! Amuse-bouche!!! Isn't that a fantabulous word? Great minds, my dear, great minds...! I'm losing count of the posts we write that begin with a similar origin :)...although I must say, ahem, yours usually offer a bit more depth for your readers (although, you see my "depth" which is something I've always appreciated about you...and been thankful for).
Crickl did an awesome job with the caption, she went the route I'd have gone :).
Oooo, and thank you for the link to me...you KNOW linkylove makes me feel warm and fuzzy!
(I've missed you and appreciate your words of late...they've greatly encouraged and I wanna hear more about your "stuff"...:/ :) ).
He was feeling snarky. She was quite cantankerous. She said, "You young whippersnapper!" What a brouhaha ensued! After the argle-bargle she was flummoxed to find a spoon attached to her nose.
robin: You probably saw the comment I left at your blog about "amuse-bouche." I love that word. Yes, great minds think alike! (What is it? "Fools seldom differ?")
Don't worry, your "depth" definitely comes across--and your terrific intellect--in your blog, and especially your comments. I think we've crafted our weblogs to have different functions... and that's perfectly OK. When I started this venture in bloggityville, I had NO idea what I'd find. Turns out to be one of the most important and rewarding things I do with my time. Just think--some day (pretty soon?) we'll both be blogging grannies!
You're more than welcome for the linkylove. I'm praying your days are filled with joy in the Lord, even in the middle your pressing sorrow.
laurie: You're a literary genius! You have me laughing out loud!!! VERY clever. Thanks for giving it a whirl. Big hugs to you!!!
P.S. I think I'll update and post this caption (and crickl's) with the photo.
Senior Citizen Shenanigans
love the list of words
leftcoastonlooker: Fabulous. You actually followed the directions and used only ONE word! :~)
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