i dunno how FUNKY th' name is, but i love this one:

Nick Shinn's Fontesque

Anything from Font Dinner or Astigmatic One eye

I have some fonts in my collection dating back from the wild days of the mid '90s. Kids with Fontographer would open up an Arial or Helvetica and paste in their own (usually bad, usually grunge) glyphs and save it under the original name.

There was a foundry called Tarm Saft and they were from Sweden. Apparently they had a concept of fonts as a form of computer virus.

So they created a ton of fonts, some really quite nice and original and named them absolutely vulgar names is Swedish so all the hip NYC art directors were specing out fonts names after genetalia etc . . .

Funky? I'd say . . .

:D

I've always been partial to ITC Pious Henry for a dose of über-condensed typ-o-graphic funkification. And Jukebox's Gypsy Switch has a certain inescapable friskiness to it.

Do either of these fit your bill, Brian?

Jesus Loves Your Sister.

hhp

I've always thought Phill Grimshaw's ITC Kendo was high-up on the funk meter.

Love the periods.

A couple more obviously named faces:

Rian Hughes' Foonky
David Sagorski's Mo' Funky Fresh

Font Bureau's 'out of their comfort zone' face Ravie has some moves as well.

These are great! I'm afraid to even comment on the Jesus Loves Your Sister or the Swedish font name-prank. (Research your font selections!) I went to Font Diner.. saw Square Deal. Reminds me of a joke my grandmother tells me every time we ride past a cow pasture where the hay is rolled up into circular bales:
"Know why those cows complain about the hay rolled up like that? They don't feel like they're getting a square meal!"
(Every time! I'm proud of myself for still never ruining the joke by answering for her.)

John, what are some of the names (or should I just not ask?)

'Tarm saft' means 'intestine juice' ...

If by funky you mean sort of frightening, here's some Elliot Earls fare for you.