Monty Python’s Flying Circus had a sketch “Woody and Tinny Words” (from Episode N° 42 - “Light Entertainment War” which first aired on November 14, 1974). It was a weak sketch. It was an unremarkable, post-John Cleese sketch. The Woody Sketch did offer one bit of Linguistics: Euphony.
Everyone has a collection of woody words. They are rarely uneuphonious. They may be small, e.g., merle, or they may be long, e.g., formaldehyde. Some teeter on tinny, e.g., monkeyshines.
[Published date: 3 May 2006]