Anecdote and Funny

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Anecdote noun - A brief account of something interesting that happened especially to one personally.

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Funny and anecdote are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Funny" instead a noun "Anecdote".

Nearby Words: anecdotal, anecdotic

Funny noun - A series of drawings that tell a story or part of a story.

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Anecdote and funny are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Anecdote" instead a noun "Funny".

Nearby Words: funning, funnily

Quite disturbed, he tells Ted that they must never speak of this again, not even in the form of a funny "Do you remember that time when..."-style anecdote.

Source: Surprise Incest
Even Carter had to agree it was damn funny; he first presented it as an amusing anecdote from his trip.

Source: Not-So-Imaginary Friend
In the album Big Funny (repeated in The Blue Collar Comedy Tour) Jeff Foxworthy relates an anecdote from when the family women were trying on swimsuits.

Source: Spit Take

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