- joke
- 1.
an action, especially verbal, which is intended to be funny or to hurt someone.
- 2.
a gift which, if not well taken, is a sign of dullness in the recipient; as in “Fuck ’em if they can’t take a joke,” and “He who laughs last, thinks slowest.”
- 3.
a gift which, if requiring explanation, is a sign of dullness in the giver; not funny to begin with; a social retard’s best jest.
- 4.
that which is intended to raise someone’s expectations to the minimum height, usually above a sheet of concrete, necessary to achieve terminal velocity when they are let down; this is where the expression, “Life is funny,” refers.
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