Questions tagged [jokes]
This tag is for questions about interpreting jokes and understanding humorous wordplay.
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What does 'orange software' in 'Bro got orange software' mean?
In this Reel titled Bro did him dirty, a (white) cat is concealed within a box by another, which closes the lid by sitting on it.
The top comment, which had been upvoted by more than 600 people, of ...
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meaning of "residents of Hare’s Breath, Nebraska"
I'm reading Step by Step : A Pedestrian Memoir by Lawrence Block and the following paragraph mentions a place in Nebraska called "Hare’s Breath":
The business of walking substantial distances in ...
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What does "Never do yesterday what should be done tomorrow" mean?
I heard a quote
Never Do Yesterday What Should Be Done Tomorrow.
I assume that this means
Whatever you do, there will be tomorrow, so don't do it.
Am I right?
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What does 'peachless' in this joke mean?
I saw this joke just now and have googled for a while to understand what that means but failed.
I can't believe someone broke into my house and stole all of my fruit. I am peachless.
I think the ...
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Meaning of a joke in the Big Bang Theory: "when your locus coeruleus sits around the house, it sits around the house"
In the Big Bang Theory, Season 5, Episode 16, The Vacation Solution:
Amy: Okay, smart guy. I'm about to remove the locus coeruleus, which is incredibly delicate work. Have at it.
Sheldon: All right. ...
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What's the joke in Dom's words?
At beach party in Fast X (2023), Isabel says to Dom, who is expert in car racing:
Isabel: It would have felt good to beat him
Dom: You and everyone here.
(people laughs)
What's the joke in Dom's ...
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Does this joke format (of three people doing something in a pattern) exist in English, and if so, who is it about?
In Norwegian, we have a standard template of children's jokes called "Svensken, dansken og nordmannen" ("The Swede, the Dane and the Norwegian"). The template is as follows:
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What's the pun in "Clowns divorce. Custardy battle.”?
What is the pun in this joke?
Clowns divorce. Custardy battle
by Simon Munnery
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Where is the pun in "I stayed up all night wondering where the sun went…and then it dawned on me"?
I was watching the tv series, "The rest of us." And this week, Ellie makes this pun:
I stayed up all night wondering where the sun went...and then it dawned on me
She read it from the book ...
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What is the original meaning of the word "Tang" and as slang?
I was watching That 70s Show (an American TV show), and in one of the episodes (Season 3, Episode 15), one of the character is reading a magazine article on astronauts and makes the following comment:
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Is this joke grammatically correct?
I am from Hungary, I translate jokes into English
Of course, the jokes are jokes in every language.
A: Mit fogsz csinálni ma? B: Semmit
A: De hát teggnap is azt csináltad! B: Hja, de nem lettem ...
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How to understand the punchline of this joke?
Here's a so-called lawyer joke. I don't get it. Can you help? Thanks!
Q: What do you call a smiling, sober, courteous person at a bar association convention?
A: The caterer.
I thought it meant only ...
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Is this sentence grammaticaly correct? "Does the song "piano man" is gay?"
Its very specific, it's the title of a video and I don't know if somehow the joke is that it's clearly grammatically incorrect, if it's a saying or something but it just sounds wrong and i'm going ...
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Word count with contraction such as Let's [closed]
In various situations it is desired to count the number of words in a statement. For example, in dictation practice for learning to type.
So in a phrase such as "Let's go Brandon" how would ...
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What's the hidden joke/meaning behind "Don't drink and park - accidents cause people"?
One of the articles in my (Dutch) secondary school newspaper had a long list of funny English quotes, e.g. "Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like bananas.". There was one quote for which I couldn'...
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Is "Vitamin E outside your door" a euphemism of some sort?
I apologize if this is the wrong place to post this, but I'm really confused about this one line. I've been watching Cheers to improve my English because a colleague of mine recommended it to me and ...
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What is the meaning of this famous Groucho Marx joke? "One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I’ll never know."
Can anyone interpret the meaning of this quote:
One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I’ll never know.
This famous Groucho Marx joke has many explanations given ...
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What does "a proxy" mean in the context of this statistical joke?
“Let us remember the unfortunate econometrician who, in one of the major functions of his system, had to use a proxy for risk and a dummy for sex.”
I understand why the second part is funny (a dummy ...
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What's the meaning of this "updog" joke?
From "The Office" S2E13
Jim: Is it me or does it smell like updog in here?
Michael: What's updog?
Jim: Nothing much. What's up with you?
Where is the funny point?
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Did you tell her about the vacancy in your brain?
P.J. meets a girl at the park. He is very excited. He tells his siblings about her after coming home. His brother Gabe replies,
Emma. Who's Emma?
P.J. answers,
A vision. An angel. The girl who's ...
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"I don't even know what comedians read! Comic books?!" What does this joke mean?
What does this joke mean?
"I don't even know what comedians read! Comic books?!"
This is a quote from the famous manga "Dragon Ball Z". It is from the scene where the ...
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What do these two comic titles (suggested by Patrick Leigh Fermor) mean?
I read these sentences in a book named The secret life of books：
The library at Chatsworth – home of the Dukes of Devonshire and one of
England’s greatest stately homes – includes doors covered with ...
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What's the meaning of bee in hand and beauty in eye?
I've seen this riddle.
I have a bee in my hand. What's in my eye?
Apparently, the answer is beauty but I don't get it. What's the play on words here?
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What does this joke mean here?
These two old boys hung their peckers off a bridge to piss.
One was from California, one from Arkansas. Old boy from California says,
"Boy, this water's cold." Old boy from Arkansas says, &...
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How does the "Dalai Lama walks into a pizza shop..." joke work?
On YouTube, there's that famous joke the Dalai Lama didn't understand — and neither did I. It even made headlines in my part of the world, and on some of the sites I frequent, yet nobody ever ...
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Is there any joke in this sentence?
Tej and Roman are getting launched into space with old suits:
Roman: What we supposed to be doing with these old-ass suits that
ain't been used since World War I?
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Joke about Mars and Ronald Reagan
In the pod Every Little Thing, they often play with words making jokes with intricate references. Recently, I heard an exchange where a person made a joke about the former president Ronald Reagan ...
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Is there any joke in last line?
In Runaway Jury (2003), a plaintiff attorney, Rohr meets Ranking Fitch, a jury consultant of the defendants,
the gun manufacturers:
Rohr: Nice suit. Very "of the people."
Fitch: Yours is ...
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Why is 7 the most feared number?
I was in a computer programming training. A code executed an output number 7 and the trainer asked ( assuming joking) "Why is 7 the most feared number?" and someone said "Because 7,8,9 ... aho ho ho.."...
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Is there any joke (or) sarcasm in it?
In the movie Wrath of Man (2021), there is a scene where an armoured truck is robbed by heavily armed individuals dressed as construction workers:
Man 1: They don't pay you enough to act a fool; let'...
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What does "breakaway jockstrap" mean?
It's from the 11th episode of the 10th season of Friends. Here is the context:
Roy: What's the matter? You never saw a 50 year old stripper cry
before?
Phoebe: You know, it's fine. We'll pay you.
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"nuts" and "on one's chin"
So I am enjoying this sketch That One Guy Who Still Says “These Nuts” (from the U.S, only available in some countries),
What does "these nuts on your chin" mean when Vince says from 1:10～?
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what does "eight to 10" mean?
I'm watching Disney Sitcom "Good Luck Charlie" and there's episode about family's future. old charlie came back in time machine and talk to baby charlie about future. and I can't understand ...
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"Let's see them aliens" grammar [duplicate]
I know this was a joke on Facebook, the thing about storming Area 51. But, what catched my eyes is the "them".
Is this playing on word? Or, is this grammaticality sound? Or is this a joke ...
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English joke in the "Dodger's Guide to London" by Terry Pratchett
The book "Dodger's Guide to London" has two jokes on page 103.
Why is the City of Rome* like a candle wick?... Because it's in the middle of Greece.
A horse has ten legs: he has two forelegs and two ...
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Meaning of "Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life."
What is the meaning of this quote by Terry Pratchett?
Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and
he's warm for the rest of his life.
I think I understand the first ...
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Meaning of "not all horses are Trojan horses"
In this standup comedy(around 10:39 in the link):
He said: "Not all horses are Trojan horses".
What does it mean here? I know what Trojan horse is literally but doesn't see why horse is ...
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What does "go on my tires" mean?
From the movie To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
In a drag queen contest, a muscular man passes the winner envelope to a past drag queen, who says to the audience of the muscular man:
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Poker night? Bachelor party?
In many ways Edge of Tomorrow feels like a video game with the quotes being fast, exciting and witty. The plot of this intelligently written sci-fi centers on military officer, Bill Cage who is ...
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"Roll a 40 down the street" meaning
I have stumbled across the following joke in the Fallout 4 video game:
What is the best way to start a parade in South Boston?
Roll a 40 down the street.
I have no idea what roll a 40 down the ...
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What does "We've been fooled by our tool" mean?
Today, I watched the TED video "Chip Conley: Measuring what makes life worthwhile".
In the video, the speaker quoted an Abe Maslow saying:
If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything ...
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Charlie Williams' bit about the Pygmie tribe
Would somebody be so kind to translate Yorkshire into English. Suppose the comedian is popular enough that a review will be appreciated by some: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7WucumXbAsk&t=240s (...
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The word play in The Association song Along Comes Mary
Does the phrase “Sweet as a punch” in the context of this song mean sweet as a drink AND “pleasant” as a strike with the fist? Do I understand the word play in Along Comes Mary by The Association ...
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What are the meanings of these jokes: "Queers 'R' Us" and "I'm a proctologist so I drive a brown Probe."
In American TV show 'Office' Season 2 Episode 2, one man tells a joke:
Well, those are some awful tight pants you have on. Where did you get 'em, like, Queers 'R' Us?
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What is funny about an American joke about the British actor Daniel Day Lewis
Comedy Central(viewable only to the U.S and other limited countirs) is a favorite channel through which you may say you see only cheap shots but to me a new "spot" for just an an "...
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What does "life is far too important to ever talk seriously about" mean?
Life is far too important to ever talk seriously about.
-Oscar Wilde
What does this mean? Is it something like "life is very important, so we can never ever talk about it seriously?"
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What's the joke in Lee's words?
In The Kissing Booth 2 (2020), Elle and Lee asks Marco to be kisser at the kissing booth:
Elle: It's the most popular booth! And it's for charity. Don't you
believe in charity?
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Is there any joke exist in Man's words?
Oskar: Trade goods, that's the only currency that'll be worth anything
in the ghetto. Things have changed, my friend. Did I call this
meeting? You told Mr. Stern you wanted to speak to me. I'm here. I'...
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Song: Why are the lyrics, "I'm sorry for the sombrero thing on Cinco de Mayo" funny?
I am sorry for watching and enjoying this sketch, to keep my dementia at bay, (only available in some countries, sorry). In the sketch, a singer performs a Spanish song (you can see the English ...
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Is there any joke exist in Campbell's words?
Wallace: We'll make spears. Hundreds of them. Long spears, twice as
long as a man.
Hamish: That long?
Wallace: Aye
Hamish: Some men are longer than others.
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