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Comedians have long regarded certain words as being inherently funny.

In the English language, these tend to include words with the letters 'c' and 'k' in and words with the sound 'oo'.

For example:

  • "sock"
  • "pock"
  • "kack"
  • "rutabaga"
  • "balloon"
  • "bassoon"

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