They sure are silly to say. When you think about it, some words in the English language can sound pretty interesting. And when we say “interesting” we really mean weird and wacky.

Nor can this study say why any of these words are funny. But anyway, now you can go tell your friends: Science says the funniest word is “booty.” That’s cool, I guess. [Behavior Research ...

Words with the letters k and y also scored highly, and the vowel sound /u/ appeared in 20 percent of words the University of Warwick study deemed funny, like pubes, nude, and boobs.