funnest
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English [edit]
Adjective [edit]
funnest
- (humorous, nonstandard) superlative of fun
- 2007, Terry Francona, Pressure on Red Sox as ALCS shifts to Cleveland [3]
- That was one of the funnest games I've ever been a part of until the very end, and then it rapidly became a whole lot not of fun. We lost in kind of an ugly fashion at the end.
- 2007, Terry Francona, Pressure on Red Sox as ALCS shifts to Cleveland [3]
Usage notes [edit]
- Funnest is a regular superlative of the adjective fun. However, the use of fun as an adjective is itself still often seen as informal[1] or casual[2] and to be avoided in formal writing, and this would apply equally to the superlative form. Merriam-Webster, however, gives fun as an adjective without comment, and states that funner and funnest are ‘sometimes’ used.[3] Because of the remaining stigma, most fun is preferred in formal writing.
Quotations [edit]
- For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.
References [edit]
- ^ American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, 2000. (web version) [1]
- ^ Edith Hope Fine, Judith Pinkerton Josephson, More Nitty-Gritty Grammar, 2001. [2]
- ^ Funnest - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Norwegian Nynorsk [edit]
Verb [edit]
funnest
- past participle of finnast
