英語詞典評選出2018最有趣的單詞！都是些啥？

The funniest words in the dictionary have been reveAled, with 'upchuck', 'boff' and 'jiggly' topping the list.

詞典裏最有趣的詞已被揭曉，“upchuck”（嘔吐）、“boff”（盡情的大笑）以及“jiggly”（搖晃的）等單詞在榜單上名列前茅。

Constantly changing, updating and evolving, the English language is a fascinating entity that's seen words such as 'avo' and 'bougie' weave their way into everyday vocabulary lately.

英語是一種迷人的存在，它不斷變化、更新、演變，最近它又見證了“avo”（分，澳門輔幣名稱）和“bougie”（探針）等單詞被應用於人們的日常交流中。

The ability of certain words to positively affect your mood is a curious topic, so thought-provoking that researchers from the University of Alberta decided to explore it in great detail.

能夠對你的心情產生積極影響的單詞是一個很奇特的話題，這些詞非常發人深省以至於阿爾伯塔大學的研究員決定詳盡地探索一下這個主題。

“Humour is, of course, still personal,” says Chris Westbury, a psychology professor at the university.

“當然，幽默感依然得看個人，”該大學的一位心理學教授克里斯·韋斯特伯裏說道。

“Here, we get at the elements of humour that aren't personal; things that are universally funny.”

“從這項研究中，我們找到了不針對個人的幽默元素，也就是人們普遍認爲有趣的事物。”

This allowed them to determine which words were deemed as being funnier than others, whether that be due to a word being particularly unusual or simply sounding funny when said out loud.

這使他們可以確定哪些詞會比其他詞讓人們覺得更有趣，不論是因爲這個詞非常特別，還是因爲大聲說這個詞的時候聽上去會比較有趣。

After bottling it down to 10 words, Westbury concluded that the funniest words in the English language are: 'upchuck', 'bubby', 'boff', 'wriggly', 'yaps', 'giggle', 'cooch', 'guffaw', 'puffball' and 'jiggly'.

在篩選出10個單詞之後，韋斯特伯裏得出結論，英語中最有趣的詞是“upchuck”（嘔吐）、“bubby”（乳房）、“boff”（盡情的大笑）、“wriggly”（蠕動）、“yaps”（狂吠）、“giggle”（傻笑）、“cooch”（扭肚舞）、“guffaw”（鬨笑）、“puffball”（馬勃菌）和“jiggly”（搖晃的）。

So, next time you're with some friends and telling an entertaining anecdote, why not try throwing a few 'guffaws' or 'puffballs' into the conversation?

所以，下一次你跟朋友在一起講到一件有趣的事情的時候，爲什麼不嘗試着在對話中加入幾個“guffaws”或“puffballs”這樣的詞呢？

Who knows - perhaps you'll reinvent yourself as a comedy genius.

天曉得，也許你會把自己重塑成一位喜劇天才呢。

（翻譯：Dlacus）