whoopee
Example Sentences
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It's a cringe-comedy cornucopia, overflowing with whoopee cushions, ghost tours gone wrong, sloppy steaks and Little Buff Boys.
From Salon • Jun. 25, 2023
Fifteen-time “SNL” host Martin returned to the show this weekend to support his “Only Murders in the Building” co-star, Gomez, by appearing in a digital short about the inventor of the whoopee cushion.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2022
This seems like an idea generated almost exclusively for car enthusiasts Ford isn’t ready to go so far as to turn its vehicles into rolling whoopee cushions.
From The Verge • May 6, 2022
Perhaps Giannis wasn’t saying, “I wear this shit now,” but rather, “Andy’s on now,” a reference to The Andy Griffith Show and the character of Goober Pyle, a beloved, whoopee cap–wearing dope.
From Slate • Dec. 20, 2019
“DuShawn is DuShawn, okay? The only way he knows to get the message across to Addie that he likes her is to nail her with spitballs and slip whoopee cushions under her butt.”
From "The Misfits" by James Howe
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
