what would my euphemism be? (wottie) wrote in linguaphiles,
what would my euphemism be?
wottie
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Hello,

For all you linguistics people: is there a word for combinations of words/phrases that are just inherently funny? Are there any studies or articles out there about what sort of combinations are inherently funny? I swear I've read something similar to this before, but it's a bit hard to google for.

(This post brought to you by the phrases "robot unicorn attack" and "artifical cave maze", the latter of which brought an entire group of people to fits of giggles without anyone being able to explain why.)
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