thigh-slapper

See also: thigh slapper

English

Alternative forms

• thigh slapper

Pronunciation

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Noun

thigh-slapper (plural thigh-slappers)

1. (idiomatic) A joke, especially one which strikes the listener or reader as particularly humorous.
   • 1980 September 29, Roger Rosenblatt, “The People's Analyst”, in Time, retrieved 18 October 2009:

     Not exactly a thigh-slapper, but not terrible for a psychiatrist joke either.

   • 2003 July 29, Lenore Skenazy, “Bob Hope's Jokes Just Lived For the Moment”, in New York Daily News, retrieved 18 Oct. 2009:

     "There's a lot of USO girls in Hollywood," Hope mused on his World War II tours. "USO - Use Slacks Only." Ho ho ho. Women wearing pants. Real thigh-slapper.

Synonyms

• knee slapper

Translations

particularly humorous joke

• Dutch: dijenkletser (nl) m
• Finnish: hulvaton vitsi
• French: blague désopilante f, blague à se tordre de rire f
• German: Schenkelklopfer (de) m