| 单词 | elephant joke |
| 释义 | > as lemmaselephant joke elephant joke n. a child's nonsense riddle of which an elephant (usually in a ridiculous situation) is the subject: (see quot. 1984). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > a jest or joke > other types of jest or joke dry biscuit jest1600 kniff-knaff1683 private joke1789 jokelet1847 inside joke1849 wheeze1864 one-liner1904 lavatory joke1931 lavatory humour1935 sight gag1957 cruellie1959 in-joke1964 elephant joke1966 1966 C. Williams Don't just stand There (1967) 148 Well, hell, do isometric exercises, tell elephant jokes, write postcards. 1976 Daily Mirror 11 Mar. 12/2 They should chew gum and tell elephant jokes and experiment with lipstick and play their transistor radios very loudly indeed. 1984 T. Augarde Oxf. Guide Word Games i. 13 How can you tell if an elephant has been in your fridge? Footprints in the butter. The last of these [riddles] is obviously modern—and a typical example of the craze for ‘elephant’ jokes which existed in the 1970s. < as lemmas |
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