Joke and Monkey

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

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Monkey and joke are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Monkey" instead the word "Joke" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: joking, joker, jokey, joked, jokingly

Monkey noun - A physiological need for certain drugs.

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Joke and monkey are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Joke" instead the word "Monkey" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: monkeying, monkeyed

old	old joke	old monkey
similar	similar joke	similar monkey
complete	complete joke	complete monkey
dead	dead joke	dead monkey
Other adjectives: single, stupid, small, actual, real, big, huge, little, black, main, ultimate, new, frequent, classic, occasional, recurring, biggest.

Guybrush will stick his head out from behind the stump in the forest from The Secret of Monkey Island, a reference to the 'stump joke' from that game.

Source: Video Game / The Curse of Monkey Island
Barbossa reveals they named their undead pet monkey Jack as a joke on the real Jack.Barbossa: [takes medallion from the monkey] Why thank you, Jack.

Source: Franchise / Pirates of the Caribbean
Wonder Woman: Well, I'm sort of missing Flash's obligatory joke about Grodd having made a monkey out of us.

Source: Obligatory Joke

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