Joke
Joke noun - A person or thing that is made fun of.
Usage example: having lost his looks and his voice years ago, these days he's just a show business joke and fodder for late-night comedy
Mark
Mark noun - A person or thing that is made fun of.
Usage example: in the wake of the sex scandal, the governor became the favorite mark of late-night comedians
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old joke | old mark |
| long | long joke | long mark |
| exact | exact joke | exact mark |
| particular | particular joke | particular mark |
| Other adjectives: similar, typical, common, complete, original, single, obvious, small, real, big, huge, little, bad, famous, ultimate, new, final, last, occasional, biggest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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And in the Pram DLC, when Pram makes a joke about being romantically interested in Laharl, Flonne notably has the largest exclamation mark bubble over her, and gets angry at Laharl.
- Dave Barry did a version of this joke involving the mark on Mikhail Gorbachev's forehead.
Source: Ignore the Disability -
The joke many fans missed was that in an interview, Matt Groening said that the introduction of a Great Gazoo would officially mark the death of the series.
Source: Great Gazoo
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