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Recent Examples of ha-ha
But funny ha-ha peculiar, just like the director.
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John Waters, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
Is there anything in the wings at the IRS that will provide some guidance as to the taxable or nontaxable (ha-ha) nature of that lump sum?
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Not so much ha-ha funny as smart funny, which is probably for the best.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Naked Gun showed that there remains a ceiling with broad comedies in the streaming era, specifically titles that aren’t hybrid (hybrid meaning a movie like Deadpool & Wolverine which is half superhero, half ha-ha).
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2025
He’s also involved in some dodgy side hustles, which leads to a lot of peripheral gunplay and tangential, ha-ha–bang-bang set pieces that feel cherry-picked from Coen’s back catalog.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2025
Not ha-ha funny but rather the hard-to-define, hard-to-precisely-quantify, kind of funny, like how the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle is funny.
—Seth Matlins, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Photo : Will Eastwick-Field; Savills Terraced lawns lead to a ha-ha at the garden’s southern edge.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 12 May 2025
John Waters, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
Is there anything in the wings at the IRS that will provide some guidance as to the taxable or nontaxable (ha-ha) nature of that lump sum?
—Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Not so much ha-ha funny as smart funny, which is probably for the best.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Naked Gun showed that there remains a ceiling with broad comedies in the streaming era, specifically titles that aren’t hybrid (hybrid meaning a movie like Deadpool & Wolverine which is half superhero, half ha-ha).
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2025
He’s also involved in some dodgy side hustles, which leads to a lot of peripheral gunplay and tangential, ha-ha–bang-bang set pieces that feel cherry-picked from Coen’s back catalog.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2025
Not ha-ha funny but rather the hard-to-define, hard-to-precisely-quantify, kind of funny, like how the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle is funny.
—Seth Matlins, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Photo : Will Eastwick-Field; Savills Terraced lawns lead to a ha-ha at the garden’s southern edge.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 12 May 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ha-ha
Noun
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The analyst believes that investors are discounting the company’s defensive moat on a backdrop of artificial intelligence fears.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
10 Feb. 2026
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Install an Ant Moat Ant moats are little basins that hold water that are hung above hummingbird feeders.—
Peg Aloi,
The Spruce,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The water commissioner called me in late May, typically high water runoff time, telling me to turn off our ditch.—
Pete McBride,
Time,
27 Feb. 2026
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First responders found the man face down in a ditch filled with water, officials said.—
Nick Lentz,
CBS News,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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If digging a trench is too disruptive or expensive, see if your plumber can install a liner in the pipe to repair leaks.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2026
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At New York Fashion Week, editors traded in classic trenches for cape coats tossed over tailoring.—
Daisy Maldonado,
InStyle,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Ha-ha.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ha-ha. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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