• auto accident;
• register voters;
• static electricity;
• struct by_lightning;
• void *where_prohibited;
• char broiled;
• short circuit;
• short changed;
• long johns;
• long dong_silver;
• unsigned long letter;
• double entendre;
• double trouble;
• union organizer;
• union jack;
• float valve;
• short pants;
• union station;
• void check; unsigned check;
• struct dumb by[sizeof member];
• const ipated;
• case closed:
• double or_nothing;
• short sighted;
• volatile buggy_code;
• unsigned anonymous;
• auto mobile;
• long trousers_with_holes;
• char red_to_a_crisp;
• unsigned long long contract;
• float y_thing;
• union commitee;
• volatile gas;
• volatile liquid;

/* Borland's additional C keywords */

• interrupt ed;
• near sighted;

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men() {
    goto pub;
  pub:
    return pissed;
}

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women() {
    goto bathroom;
  bathroom:
    while (1);
}

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#define middle
middle class businessMan {
    ino_t want_to_go_to_work;
    #if speeding_to_work_because_you_are_late
    off_t o_jail;
    #endif
};

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class mate {
    ino_t wannagotoskool;
};

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class clown {
    !friend class teacher;
    friend class mate;
};

• #define answer_universe 42

Some of these were obtained from the FSF’s email archives of the GNU Project.

• class dismissed;