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ha-ha funny en · ADJ
Meanings
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(informal, not-comparable) Inducing laughter, as opposed to a more subtle kind of humor.
1997, Sharon Solwitz, Blood and Milk
His only problem with them is that they don’t appreciate his style of joke. ... Not ha-ha funny maybe, but no one had even smiled.
1998, 0813917980: Exploring the Literature of the Appalachian Trail
I always thought of Thoreau’s puns as more clever than ha-ha funny.
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(alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of funny ha-ha.
1996, Ellen DeGeneres, My Point - And I Do Have One
So (and this is the scary part), you’re in the backyard and you’re just about to doze off when you start feeling something kind of funny—not ha ha funny, but creepy weird funny.
Well, not "ha-ha" funny, but y'know, funny.
2020, “Outliars and Hyppocrates: a fun fact about apples”, in The Normal Album, performed by Will Wood:2004, Inside the Minds
Stress does funny things to people. (No, not ha ha funny!)
2000, Gerald Nachman, Raised on Radio
“I wanted to do a show that wasn’t ha-ha funny but peculiar funny.”
2003, Peter Hargitai, Attila: A Barbarian's Love Story
“He’s a funny man. Not ha-ha funny, just crazy funny.
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Synonyms
funny ha-ha