Good morning, people. One of my favorite resources, Dictionary.com recently created a word bracket to find out what folks’ favorite silly word is. In honor of March Madness, they collected 32 fabulous words, they put the words through five rounds of eliminations and received 212,000 votes, and then they declared a winner. What fun!
Let’s start with all 32 glorious words:
| shenanigans | loosey-goosey | flibbertigibbet | calliope |
| malarky | willy-nilly | fiddlesticks | flügelhorn |
| squeeze | kerplunk | goofus | thingamabob |
| snorkel | chortle | goober | discombobulate |
| bumpkin | kerfuffle | whippersnapper | sassafras |
| bupkis | hullabaloo | clodhopper | snuggle |
| dingus | boondoggle | boop | hootenanny |
| doohickey | cattywampus | snarf | dingleberry |
Here’s how it all started:
The final four words were whippersnapper, discombobulate, shenanigans, and kerplunk. I have a favorite word in this competition, do you?
After tallying the votes, the final two words were discombobulate and shenanigans. My word is still in the running, how is yours doing?
And after the final vote, the winner was announced. And the winner is…discombobulate!
I win, I win, I win!
Here’s how it all played out:
Words can be such fun. And funny words like these really can put a smile on your face. I hope you keep smiling all day long.
Donna Bradley Burcher |Technical Editor, Advisory | jack henry
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