Can you tell if these funny words are real or made up?

Is this a real word?

Nope – you won’t find “tupacase” in any dictionary.

What about “pronk”?

This is a real word! “Pronk” is a verb that describes a form of leaping, traditionally by four-legged animals, with an arched back and using all four legs. It comes from an Afrikaans word meaning to show off or to strut.

How about this one?

“Bumfuzzle” is a real word! It’s a verb that means to confuse or fluster – similar to the equally funny, but better-known, “bamboozle.”

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Is this wacky word real?

“Taradiddle” is not, in fact, taradiddle! That’s because this word means nonsense or bogus.

Would you find this one in a dictionary?

Bill Bouldin of the Del Rio News-Herald actually invented this one as a joke-word, a pun of “epiphany” and “not.” In a perfect world, this “word” would mean an idea that the person who came up with it thinks is brilliant, or even an epiphany, when it is, in fact, not.