Funny and Riot

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Funny noun - Something said or done to cause laughter.

Usage example: let's can the funnies—we've got serious work to do here

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Riot and funny are semantically related. in comical topic. In some cases you can use "Riot" instead the word "Funny" as an adjective or a noun.

Nearby Words: funning, funnily

Riot noun - Someone or something that is very funny.

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Funny and riot are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Funny" instead the word "Riot" as an adjective or a noun.

Nearby Words: riotous, rioter, rioted, rioting

As depicted in the film the gag is quite funny, but in fact something like that did once happen at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco (it was known as "The Spaghetti Riot").

Source: Film / The Naked Gun
There's another funny background event during the robot police riot.

Source: Webcomic / Freefall
He neglected to mention, however, that (in a Crowning Moment of Funny) he subsequently ran riot in the bowling alley, trying to hurl himself down the back of one of the bowling lanes and causing a fair bit of criminal damage.

Source: Metaphorically True

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