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- noun
laughter - noun Plural form of
yuk .
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Examples
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Jack is a terrible commander, but a very funny one, and he doesn't distinguish himself much as a general, but he does an admirable job of evincing yuks from the reader; and Willingham uses the story to make some really thought-provoking points about the dark and primal nature of stories and the danger and blood that lurks in their hearts.
Boing Boing 2009
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Other than that, I don’t think we can expect a lot of yuks from a creator as compulsive as Weiner.
All the mad men and all the mad women can't tell a joke to save their lives 2009
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If I do that for too long, I want to get back to the yuks.
Dan Lybarger: The Daily Show's Aasif Mandvi Opens Up On Sanity, Specials, And Stewart Dan Lybarger 2011
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But Fox studio analyst Michael Strahan, after hearing Bradshaw, suggested even head injuries are good for yuks: "Sitting up here with you guys every week shows me the effects of head trauma in football."
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If I do that for too long, I want to get back to the yuks.
Dan Lybarger: The Daily Show's Aasif Mandvi Opens Up On Sanity, Specials, And Stewart Dan Lybarger 2011
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After a food-poisoning subplot that spewed nearly as many yuks — and yucks — as Bridesmaids' instant-classic bridal-shop scene, Lily (Alyson Hannigan) and Marshall (Jason Segel) found out they're expecting a baby.
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Cool … yet ANOTHER silly cliche … the yuks never stop coming w/you, do they?
Think Progress » Palin says she’s fine with Limbaugh’s use of the ‘r-word.’ 2010
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For any journalist who has spent a night haunting the lobbies of hotels where Beltway power players including, often, the president holed up for off-the-record yuks, trying to buttonhole guests for details, to see the gathering unfold on video is like learning that the Illuminati has a regular happy hour at T.G.I.
Alfalfa Club broadcasts itself Post 2011
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Lots of yuks in all of Shakespeare's great tragedies.
All the mad men and all the mad women can't tell a joke to save their lives 2009
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It casts Seth Rogen, beloved Hollywood go-to schlub for middle-of-the-road yuks, as a rage-filled, racist failure in a film that's the fucked-up, reckless and cum-reeking brother of the decidedly frothier, much more popular Paul Blart: Mall Cop (that movie grossed over six times the amount of money Observe did in the U.S.).
My Report report 2009
yarb commented on the word yuks
Imitative of laughter: yuk yuk yuk...
July 25, 2008