[chortle]
chortle - what a great word!
from the OED>>>
chortle ,v.
SECOND EDITION
1989
intr. A factitious word introduced by the author of Through the Looking-Glass , and jocularly used by others after him, app. with some suggestion of chuckle , and of snort . Also trans. , to utter or sing with a ‘chortling’ intonation. Also n. , an act of ‘chortling’.