standing jokenoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˌstæn.dɪŋ ˈdʒəʊk/us/ˌstæn.dɪŋ ˈdʒoʊk/something that a particular group of people are familiar with and laugh about often, especially in an unkind way:
The fact that Debbie is always late has become a standing joke among her friends.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Humour & humorous
- a bundle of laughs idiom
- blackly
- bring
- bundle
- crack
- don't make me laugh! idiom
- funny ha-ha or funny peculiar? idiom
- gallows humour
- hysterical
- jocular
- josh
- killing
- lambent
- laugh
- sarcasm
- satirize
- tickle
- witty
- wordplay
- you've got to laugh idiom
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