whoopee cushion

noun

: a cushion that makes a sound like the breaking of wind when sat upon

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Wren eating a hot dog, Wren drinking out of straws, and Wren sitting on a whoopee cushion in a dress, just to name a few. Zara Hanawalt, Parents, 23 Mar. 2024 Time will tell if Radziwill ever tricked Truman Capote into sitting on a whoopee cushion. Vulture, 27 Jan. 2024 Here — sneakily, playfully, like a kid planting a whoopee cushion on a humorless teacher’s chair — is where the boredom comes in. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2023 But when his comedy isn’t rooted in drama, Polanski becomes the directorial equivalent of someone trying to get laughs with a whoopee cushion. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2023 See all Example Sentences for whoopee cushion 

Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of whoopee cushion was in 1953

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“Whoopee cushion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whoopee%20cushion. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.

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