funny bone

noun

: the place at the back of the elbow where the ulnar nerve rests against a prominence of the humerus

: a sense of humor

Example Sentences

I hit my funny bone on the edge of the table.

Recent Examples on the Web Even if high-fashion isn't your thing, watching the snark and snide fly in this office is sure to tickle your funny bone. —

Melissa Sherrard, EW.com, 6 Jan. 2023 This story is much more likely to break your heart than your funny bone. —

Ron Charles, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2022 Tickle your funny bone: 75 side-splitting Halloween memes that'll keep you howling. —

Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2022 But if none of these ideas quite tickles your funny bone, some clever word play via these pun Halloween costumes might be in order. —

Blair Donovan, Country Living, 20 Sep. 2022 During a 1972 appearance on The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour, Jackson showed off his funny bone. —

Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2022 Nothing tickles the funny bone, or works the mind, quite like a good riddle. —

Christina Montoya Fiedler, Good Housekeeping, 17 Aug. 2022 What tickles the funny bone or bruises the heart is subjective; so, too, is what chills the spine. —

Randall Colburn, EW.com, 10 June 2022 If dad has an envelope-pushing sense of humor, tickle his funny bone with a collection of cartoons rejected by The New Yorker — because they were judged too dumb, too weird, or too dirty. —

Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day, 12 June 2022 See More

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