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Funnest vs Funness - What's the difference?

funnest | funness |

As an adjective funnest

is (humorous|nonstandard).

As a noun funness is

(nonstandard) the quality of being fun.

funnest

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (humorous, nonstandard)
  • * 2007, Terry Francona, Pressure on Red Sox as ALCS shifts to Cleveland [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/preview?gameId=271015105]
    • 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.

    Usage notes

    While funnest'' is a regular superlative of the adjective ''fun'', the superlative ''most fun'' is much more common. The use of ''fun'' as an adjective is itself still often seen as informal''American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language'', 4th edition, 2000. (web version) or casualEdith Hope Fine, Judith Pinkerton Josephson, ''More Nitty-Gritty Grammar,'' 2001. [http://www.bartleby.com/61/11/F0361100.html] and to be avoided in formal writing, and this would apply equally to the superlative form. Merriam-Webster gives ''fun'' as an adjective without comment, and states that ''funner'' and ''funnest are "sometimes" used[http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=fun&x=0&y=0.

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "funnest")

    References

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    funness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (nonstandard) The quality of being fun.