Why Nonsense Words Make Us Laugh
While administering a language-based experiment, psychology researcher Chris Westbury “noticed that people always laughed when they saw the non-word ‘snunkoople.’ That got him wondering – was there something in particular about nonsense words that made them funny? If so, could it be measured? Turns out there is and it can.†Dr. Seuss of course figured all this out this decades ago.
