tickle someone's funny bone

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “often said to be a pun on humorous/humerus, but other sources deny this”)

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Verb

tickle someone's funny bone (third-person singular simple present tickles someone's funny bone, present participle tickling someone's funny bone, simple past and past participle tickled someone's funny bone)

  1. (idiomatic) To amuse someone.
    I thought this comic book might be just the sort of thing that would tickle your funny bone.
    • 2013 October 6, Matt McKenna, “Poltergasm” (4:21 from the start), in American Dad!‎[1], season 10, episode 2, spoken by Announcer:
      ANNOUNCER (on TV): “If you're a Parrothead, try Jimmy Buffet's Key West Saloon, located downstairs in the lobby. From World-renown chef Gordon Fukayami come Roppongi, a bistro house with a South Asian flair. And if you're looking to get your funny bone tickled, don't miss Rita Rudner's hilarious live stand-up show.”

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