This is the official topic for jokes about the English language. This is because English never makes sense. For example, pony rhymes with bologna but none of the words cough, rough, though, or through do.

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“English doesn't borrow words from other languages. It chases them down dark alleyways and mugs them.”
- someone else in my family

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
That's a actual sentence that is grammatically correct, it means (brackets are explanations):
“Buffalo buffalo (buffalo from the city of Buffalo) buffalo Buffalo buffalo (hurt another group of buffalo who are also from Buffalo) buffalo Buffalo buffalo (and those buffalo hurt ANOTHER group of buffalo who are also from Buffalo.)”

REAL WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE GIBBERISH:

Hemidemisemiquaver (A type of music note)
Kakorrhaphiophobia (Fear of failure)
Cynophobia (Fear of dogs)
Octothorpe (Hashtag)
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (Fear of long words)
Triskaidekaphobia (Fear of the number 13)

owlannaelsa wrote:

REAL WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE GIBBERISH:

Hemidemisemiquaver (A type of music note)
Kakorrhaphiophobia (Fear of failure)
Cynophobia (Fear of dogs)
Octothorpe (Hashtag)
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (Fear of long words)
Triskaidekaphobia (Fear of the number 13)

floccinaucinihilipilification is the action of estimating something as worthless

tiktakturtle wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

REAL WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE GIBBERISH:

Hemidemisemiquaver (A type of music note)
Kakorrhaphiophobia (Fear of failure)
Cynophobia (Fear of dogs)
Octothorpe (Hashtag)
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (Fear of long words)
Triskaidekaphobia (Fear of the number 13)

floccinaucinihilipilification is the action of estimating something as worthless

The appearance of the hemidemisemiquaver is weird as well as it's name it has 4 tails

*breathes in slowly*

ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM

'Nuff said.

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owlannaelsa wrote:

tiktakturtle wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

REAL WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE GIBBERISH:

Hemidemisemiquaver (A type of music note)
Kakorrhaphiophobia (Fear of failure)
Cynophobia (Fear of dogs)
Octothorpe (Hashtag)
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (Fear of long words)
Triskaidekaphobia (Fear of the number 13)

floccinaucinihilipilification is the action of estimating something as worthless

The appearance of the hemidemisemiquaver is weird as well as it's name it has 4 tails

It looks like it eats other notes.

IggyAndCassie wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

tiktakturtle wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

REAL WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE GIBBERISH:

Hemidemisemiquaver (A type of music note)
Kakorrhaphiophobia (Fear of failure)
Cynophobia (Fear of dogs)
Octothorpe (Hashtag)
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (Fear of long words)
Triskaidekaphobia (Fear of the number 13)

floccinaucinihilipilification is the action of estimating something as worthless

The appearance of the hemidemisemiquaver is weird as well as it's name it has 4 tails

It looks like it eats other notes.

NOT BOUNCING NOTES

owlannaelsa wrote:

IggyAndCassie wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

tiktakturtle wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

REAL WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE GIBBERISH:

Hemidemisemiquaver (A type of music note)
Kakorrhaphiophobia (Fear of failure)
Cynophobia (Fear of dogs)
Octothorpe (Hashtag)
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (Fear of long words)
Triskaidekaphobia (Fear of the number 13)

floccinaucinihilipilification is the action of estimating something as worthless

The appearance of the hemidemisemiquaver is weird as well as it's name it has 4 tails

It looks like it eats other notes.

NOT BOUNCING NOTES

Musical notes.

IggyAndCassie wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

IggyAndCassie wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

tiktakturtle wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

REAL WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE GIBBERISH:

Hemidemisemiquaver (A type of music note)
Kakorrhaphiophobia (Fear of failure)
Cynophobia (Fear of dogs)
Octothorpe (Hashtag)
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (Fear of long words)
Triskaidekaphobia (Fear of the number 13)

floccinaucinihilipilification is the action of estimating something as worthless

The appearance of the hemidemisemiquaver is weird as well as it's name it has 4 tails

It looks like it eats other notes.

NOT BOUNCING NOTES

Musical notes.

why does it look like it eats other music notes? to me it just looks like it has 4 tails.

Al the cats she had had had had a huge effect on the amount of money she had for herself.

The horse raced past the barn fell.

Anyone who feels that if so many more students whom we haven’t actually admitted are sitting in on the course than ones we have that the room had to be changed, then probably auditors will have to be excluded, is likely to agree that the curriculum needs revision.

“I see,” said the blind man as he picked up the hammer and saw.

The old man the boats.

You have just begun reading the sentence you have just finished reading.

Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana.

The bad news was the she took too long getting ready for this game, so she wasn't included in the intro, but was.

owlannaelsa wrote:

IggyAndCassie wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

IggyAndCassie wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

tiktakturtle wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

REAL WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE GIBBERISH:

Hemidemisemiquaver (A type of music note)
Kakorrhaphiophobia (Fear of failure)
Cynophobia (Fear of dogs)
Octothorpe (Hashtag)
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (Fear of long words)
Triskaidekaphobia (Fear of the number 13)

floccinaucinihilipilification is the action of estimating something as worthless

The appearance of the hemidemisemiquaver is weird as well as it's name it has 4 tails

It looks like it eats other notes.

NOT BOUNCING NOTES

Musical notes.

why does it look like it eats other music notes? to me it just looks like it has 4 tails.

Like, if (musical) notes were alive, it looks like it would be evil.

IggyAndCassie wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

IggyAndCassie wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

IggyAndCassie wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

tiktakturtle wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

REAL WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE GIBBERISH:

Hemidemisemiquaver (A type of music note)
Kakorrhaphiophobia (Fear of failure)
Cynophobia (Fear of dogs)
Octothorpe (Hashtag)
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (Fear of long words)
Triskaidekaphobia (Fear of the number 13)

floccinaucinihilipilification is the action of estimating something as worthless

The appearance of the hemidemisemiquaver is weird as well as it's name it has 4 tails

It looks like it eats other notes.

NOT BOUNCING NOTES

Musical notes.

why does it look like it eats other music notes? to me it just looks like it has 4 tails.

Like, if (musical) notes were alive, it looks like it would be evil.

Bouncing Notes are living music notes

owlannaelsa wrote:

IggyAndCassie wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

IggyAndCassie wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

IggyAndCassie wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

tiktakturtle wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

REAL WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE GIBBERISH:

Hemidemisemiquaver (A type of music note)
Kakorrhaphiophobia (Fear of failure)
Cynophobia (Fear of dogs)
Octothorpe (Hashtag)
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (Fear of long words)
Triskaidekaphobia (Fear of the number 13)

floccinaucinihilipilification is the action of estimating something as worthless

The appearance of the hemidemisemiquaver is weird as well as it's name it has 4 tails

It looks like it eats other notes.

NOT BOUNCING NOTES

Musical notes.

why does it look like it eats other music notes? to me it just looks like it has 4 tails.

Like, if (musical) notes were alive, it looks like it would be evil.

Bouncing Notes are living music notes

the track looks so cool

owlannaelsa wrote:

IggyAndCassie wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

IggyAndCassie wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

IggyAndCassie wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

tiktakturtle wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

REAL WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE GIBBERISH:

Hemidemisemiquaver (A type of music note)
Kakorrhaphiophobia (Fear of failure)
Cynophobia (Fear of dogs)
Octothorpe (Hashtag)
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (Fear of long words)
Triskaidekaphobia (Fear of the number 13)

floccinaucinihilipilification is the action of estimating something as worthless

The appearance of the hemidemisemiquaver is weird as well as it's name it has 4 tails

It looks like it eats other notes.

NOT BOUNCING NOTES

Musical notes.

why does it look like it eats other music notes? to me it just looks like it has 4 tails.

Like, if (musical) notes were alive, it looks like it would be evil.

Bouncing Notes are living music notes

Musical ones.

owlannaelsa wrote:

REAL WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE GIBBERISH:

Hemidemisemiquaver (A type of music note)
Kakorrhaphiophobia (Fear of failure)
Cynophobia (Fear of dogs)
Octothorpe (Hashtag)
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (Fear of long words)

Triskaidekaphobia (Fear of the number 13)

In this script, Lucy has Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (Fear of long words)
and is in class when she comes across the word dictionary.


Teacher: Lucy, please tell us what a book of a list of words and information about them is called.

Lucy: A dicti…. Lucy starts panicking.

Teacher: What's wrong, Lucy?

Lucy: It's just I have Hippopotomons….. Lucy panics more.

I didn't mean to offend anyone with Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, I know it is a real phobia and is no laughing matter, I was just pointing out how stupid the name is for a phobia of long words.

IggyAndCassie wrote:

owlannaelsa wrote:

REAL WORDS THAT SOUND LIKE GIBBERISH:

Hemidemisemiquaver (A type of music note)
Kakorrhaphiophobia (Fear of failure)
Cynophobia (Fear of dogs)
Octothorpe (Hashtag)
Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (Fear of long words)

Triskaidekaphobia (Fear of the number 13)

In this script, Lucy has Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (Fear of long words)
and is in class when she comes across the word dictionary.


Teacher: Lucy, please tell us what a book of a list of words and information about them is called.

Lucy: A dicti…. Lucy starts panicking.

Teacher: What's wrong, Lucy?

Lucy: It's just I have Hippopotomons….. Lucy panics more.

I didn't mean to offend anyone with Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, I know it is a real phobia and is no laughing matter, I was just pointing out how stupid the name is for a phobia of long words.

I was thinking that!