List of 200+ Fun, Cool and Interesting Words

I love this list. It’s such as lovely way to wallow

Writing for Kids (While Raising Them)

All writers love language. And we especially love fun words, don’t we? Some have funky spellings, tongue-twisting turns, a satisfying “ooh”…and some sound too hilarious to be true! So I’ve put together a list of favorite fun words that I’ll add to periodically. Have fun, lexicon lovers!

1. adagio
2. aficionado
3. akimbo
4. alfresco
5. ambrosial
6. anemone
7. aplomb
8. apoplectic
9. appaloosa
10. archipelago
11. avuncular
12. balderdash
13. bamboozle
14. barnstorming
15. befuddled
16. berserk
17. boffo
18. bombastic
19. boondoggle
20. bozo
21. braggadocio
22. brouhaha
23. bucolic
24. buffoon
25. bulbous
26. bumbledom
27. bungalow
28. cacophony
29. cahoots
30. candelabra
31. canoodle
32. cantankerous
33. caterwaul
34. catawampus
35. chichi
36. chimerical
37. chimichanga
38. claptrap
39. clishmaclaver
40. clodhopper
41. cockatoo
42. codswallop
43. comeuppance
44. conundrum
45. convivial
46. copacetic
47. cornucopia
48. cowabunga
49. coxcomb
50. crestfallen
51. cuckolded
52. curlicue
53. demitasse
54. denouement
55. diaphanous
56. digeridoo
57. dilemma
58. diphthong
59. dirigible
60. discombobulated
61. dodecahedron
62. doohickey (this is what I call a library due date card)
63. doppelganger
64. ebullient
65. effervescence
66. egads
67. ephemeral
68. extraterrestrial
69. finagle
70. fandango
71. festooned
72. fisticuffs
73. flabbergasted
74. flapdoodle
75. flibbertigibbet
76. flummoxed
77. foofaraw
78. fortuitous
79. fracas
80. frippery
81. froufrou
82. fussbudget
83. gadzooks
84. gallimaufry
85. gewgaw
86. gibberish
87. gobbledygook
88. gobsmacked
89. gorgonzola
90. gossamer
91. grandiloquent
92. guffaw
93. haberdashery
94. harumph

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