Where did the word chortled come from?
Score: 4.9/5 (2 votes) In 1871, Lewis Carroll, who wrote "Alice in Wonderland," coined the word chortle in the poem "Jabberwocky," about a son who slays a monster and comes back to his relieved and happy father: "'O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'Who invented the word chortled?'Chortl...