20 words that make you instantly funnier

Eg: They oughta throw you in the hoosegow, because that outfit is a crime against fashion.

Eg: There was a great kerfuffle about who should get the diner’s last piece of pie, until we learned it was minced meat.

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Eg: “Don’t be a namby-pamby, boy. Pick up that chainsaw and cut your father’s hair.”

Eg: “I’m not voting for anyone,” the millennial oozed. “Politics these days are nothing but skullduggery.”

Eg: “I enjoy Lil’ Wayne’s music,” Grandma admitted, “but does he have to be such a slangwhanger?”

Eg: I hate going to the beach with Al Gore; on every sunny day he’s such a smellfungus!

Eg: It is a vicious myth that toilet water rotates clockwise in Australia and widdershins in America.

Read on for some common sayings that sound way funnier in other languages.

Eg: After eating too much buttered popcorn at the circus, Dad promptly sprinted to the vomitory.

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Eg: No matter how much I practice beforehand, public speaking on roller coasters always gives me collywobbles!

Eg: After a long day of hunting, Elmer Fudd was absolutely wabbit.

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