funnies

Noun (1)

funny (plural funnies)

1. (informal) A joke.
   • After church I am met by a dear parishioner who says, "Got a funny for you. Father." Now I'll have "funnies," so I can reply. "Got one for you too, Mary!"1996, The Living Church - Volume 212, page 20
2. (informal) A comic strip.
   • Chic Young, who created his funny funny, “Blondie,” in 1930, and kept it the most popular comic strip in the world right through the unfunny generation, was quick to see the difference between the innocent funnies and the new generation of comics that started after the Second World War:1974, The New York Times Magazine, page cliv
3. (Internet, ironic) Humor in general.
   • Where's the funny? Your meme sucks.

Noun (2)

funny (plural funnies)

1. (Ireland, UK, dated) A narrow, clinker-built double-ender for sculling.
   • I myself recollect the funnies at Eton, which were certain little boats, capable of containing one person only, who, like an Indian in his canoe, was constantly obliged to balance himself, with such critical nicety, that the least mistake was certain of producing a ducking.1810, Letters from a Nobleman to His Son, During the Period of His Education at Eton and Oxford, volume 1, pages 63–64

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