Can men giggle?

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Kamigoroshi

Giggling men are as common as snoring women. I hear both cases all the time.

sarevok57

we have a guy in our union called giggles for that very reason

FinneousPJ

Sexist!

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JuliusBorisov

I'd like to link http://absolutewrite.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-113757.html, from several answers there it looks like men post-puberty don't giggle. Unless they're extremely feminine and make a point to. They chuckle, though.

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SmilingSword

What about the term " I giggled my ass off", I use that one at least twice a day. Giggling is gender neutral dude.

booinyoureyes

Ah you think giggling is your ally? You merely adopted giggling. I was born in it, molded by it.

moody_mage

Yes

Source: has previously giggled many times

iKrivetko

That would depend on what you define as giggling. A silly laughter isn't uncommon.
I generally either stay silent or just laugh like a madman though.

Troodon80

A hearty chortle wouldn't be uncommon for me when I do laugh. Don't think I've ever giggled, though. I suppose it depends on the person and what you define as giggling.

Would you define giggle as something like this (around 0:28 and again at 2:38):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq9_bSa4E8A

AndrewFoley

It doesn't happen often, but when something *really* amuses me, I turn into a world-class giggler.

Twenty

Us men can giggle all we want, surely? Wait, what was your-

YupImMadBro

Feed me enough drinks...

FrdNwsm

Can men giggle?

::tee hee heeh::

Umm, no, never.

Interestingly enough, I can't recall the last time I heard a guy giggle unless it was on a TV sit com or something. In fact, I can't recall the last time I heard a woman giggle. Yet I'm sure both genders do so. Odd.

TheElf

This https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgWYt0YtSFc is proof that they can.

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Son_of_Imoen

Yes we can.

We don't do so very often though. In fact, I hardly hear giggling at all but for groups of teen girls doing it when they're together. It makes them look like the least depressed people in the world, but it could be just window-dressing and there's lots of anxiety underneath, that's not shown in public. I wouldn't know though, have never been a teen girl myself.

O_Bruce

I can't say whether I giggle or chuckle.

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Troodon80

I have a recollection of a scenario similar to this in the past—were words are used differently depending on gender. Certain words we attribute as either feminine or masculine. Beautiful and handsome, for example. Beautiful when referring to a woman, while handsome when referring to a man. Though both words are synonyms of each other (depending on where you look), meaning attractive, most people tend to use the gendered approach. I dare say the only time I've heard "she was very handsome," the person who said it was derided for the use of the word.

typo_tilly said:

Maybe chuckling is like giggling?

Google shows similar pattern of synonyms when doing a search for giggle.

synonyms: titter, snigger, snicker, tee-hee, give a half-suppressed laugh, chuckle, chortle;

Other sources such as the Oxford English Dictionary, Collins English Dictionary, and Merriam-Webster all list chuckle, chortle, and giggle as being synonymous. So either very closely related or meaning the same thing.

elminster

I can force myself to giggle but instinctively when I laugh my voice goes very deep. So not really giggling.

biffyclanger

Depends if we are talking about men and women in terms of gender norms believed to exist for societies/cultures or concrete physical entities that exist with observable behaviors. I think that in literature we tend to use the word giggle predominately for females and chuckle as the male equivalent. Maybe because giggling has strong association with feminine wiles. This distinction reveals more about societal rules than is in itself interesting. So I am going to go against the grain here and say No, not because I endorse such distinctions but to highlight the fact they do exist for vast majority of us.

semiticgoddess

Laugh: ha ha (heh heh for small ones)

Giggle: hee hee (tee hee is acceptable, but only in text)

Titter: hm hm (high/shrill)

Snicker: hm hm (nasal; heh heh also works)

Chuckle: hm hm (deep/manly; ho ho is also acceptable)

Chortle: hrm hrm (deep, nasal)

Snigger: hih hih (hr hr also acceptable)

Guffaw: haw haw (not recommended)

Yuk: hyuk hyuk (also not recommended; have some self-respect)

Cackle: ga ha ha ("a" pronounced like "cat")

Evil Laugh: mwa ha ha (must persist at least 8 seconds to qualify; may turn into a cackle without disqualifying)

Ceckle: nyeh heh heh (I might have invented the word "ceckle")


Personally, I do one huge cackle followed by many tiny giggles, eventually degenerating into suffocation.

Son_of_Imoen

@semiticgod Your post made me COL (Ceckle Out Loud)