uproarious is such a fun word. so many syllables. so many vowels. up-roar-ee-us. uoaiou. you think youre going to spell it wrong and then BOOM its just the way it should be. why is the i there, what does it do. so many similarly-structured words do not have the i there (splendiferous, carnivorous, sonorous, boisterous, tremulous, scrupulous) and work just fine, and uproarious would also probably work decently well as uproarous. but then again there is glorious and facetious, and anxious and curious (only half of which have the i pronounced independently), so perhaps this is just a different kind of word entirely. uproarious also stands out in that uproar is a beautiful word all on its own; a lovely, succulent noun. in no other such word are the two parts spliced together so cleanly, so without alteration. is uproarious, thus, perhaps a more recent addition to the english language, or just a long-time outlier? there is much to ponder here...
