chortle - n. A snorting, joyful laugh or chuckle.
- Word History: “‘O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!’ He chortled in his joy.” Perhaps Lewis Carroll would chortle a bit himself to find that people are still using the word chortle, which he coined in Through the Looking-Glass, published in 1872. In any case, Carroll had constructed his word well, combining the words chuckle and snort. This type of word is called a blend or a portmanteau word. In Through the Looking-Glass Humpty Dumpty uses portmanteau to describe the word slithy, saying, “It's like a portmanteau -- there are two meanings packed up into one word” (the meanings being “lithe” and “slimy”).
Post script ~ Keep those tulip poems coming!
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*chortle chortle*
Amen to that.
What the flippin' Heck!!! You didn't know the word Chortle?>>?>????????I"M GOING INSANE!!!! HAHAHA *Lightning Flash Crack of thunder* I'm Gorge Buse huh huh huh* Snort*
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I regret to inform the world that Rabic is slowly and inevitably going insane.
So tragic.
*chortle*
BWA HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW
*Kerr-ack!*
*BOOM!*
-A message from Jasper Grimwold
Chortle is on my list of absolute favorite words, which also includes sparklicious (invented by my orchestra conductor) and arachibutyrophobia, among others.
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