schoolboy humour

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• schoolboy humour — British & Australian, American & Australian stupid jokes that are rude but not offensive. Isn t he a bit old for this type of schoolboy humour? …   New idioms dictionary

• humour — (BrE) (AmE humor) noun 1 amusing quality/ability to find things funny ADJECTIVE ▪ wry ▪ With wry humour, they laugh at their misfortunes. ▪ ironic, tongue in cheek ▪ self depr …   Collocations dictionary

• schoolboy — [[t]sku͟ːlbɔɪ[/t]] schoolboys 1) N COUNT A schoolboy is a boy who goes to school. ...a group of ten year old schoolboys. 2) ADJ: ADJ n (disapproval) If you think a man s sense of humour is silly or rude, you can describe it as schoolboy humour …   English dictionary

• humour — hu|mour1 BrE humor AmE [ˈhju:mə US ˈhju:mər, ˈju: ] n [U] 1.) the ability or tendency to think that things are funny, or funny things you say that show you have this ability ▪ his humour and charm ▪ Greg s feeble attempt at humour ▪ English… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• schoolboy — school|boy [ˈsku:lbɔı] n especially BrE 1.) a boy attending school 2.) schoolboy humour jokes that are silly and rude but not offensive …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• schoolboy — noun (C) especially BrE 1 a boy attending school 2 schoolboy humour jokes that are silly and rude but not offensive …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• schoolboy — noun Schoolboy is used before these nouns: ↑humour …   Collocations dictionary

• flid — • schoolboy humour term usually directed at someone clumsy or stupid. Comes from Thalidomide, the drug that caused deformities in baby s. Very much in the same vein as spastic or spaz …   Londonisms dictionary

• The Clitheroe Kid — was a long running BBC radio comedy show featuring diminutive Northern comedian Jimmy Clitheroe in the role of a cheeky schoolboy, who lived with his family at 33 Lilac Avenue in an un named town in the north of England. Jimmy s best friend was… …   Wikipedia

• A Germ-Destroyer — is a short story by Rudyard Kipling. It was first published in the Civil and Military Gazette on May 17th 1887, in the first Indian edition of Plain Tales from the Hills in 1888, and in subsequent editions of that collection. The story is one of… …   Wikipedia

• magazines, satirical —    The most influential humorous and satirical magazines in Britain are Private Eye, Viz and the revived Punch. The original Punch, founded in 1841, became a national institution but then began to go into decline. Alan Coren, editor from 1977–87 …   Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture