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bed-wettingly funny

bed-wettingly funny

9.9
So funny that you laugh a lot and cannot stop
  • adjective
  • Informal
translation icon : extremadamente gracioso
  • The comedian's new special is bed-wettingly funny—I laughed so hard I had to pause it.

Examples

  • His stand-up routine was bed-wettingly funny and kept the audience in stitches all night.

  • I found that movie to be bed-wettingly funny.

  • We found the sketch bed-wettingly funny and couldn't stop talking about our favorite jokes afterward.

  • The comedian's routine was bed-wettingly funny!

  • His stand-up routine was bed-wettingly funny and kept the audience in stitches all night.

  • The comedian's new special is bed-wettingly funny—I laughed so hard I had to pause it.

  • We found the sketch bed-wettingly funny and couldn't stop talking about our favorite jokes afterward.

Synonyms

funny
vsbed-wettingly funny
∞ 1.0

Causing people to laugh or smile

is much more intense, leading to loss of self control
hilarious
vsbed-wettingly funny
  • Informal
264 1.5

Causing people to laugh loudly

is stronger, causing loss of self control from laughter
humorous
vsbed-wettingly funny
76 1.6

Funny in a way that makes people laugh

is more extreme, producing uncontrollable laughing or reaction
comical
vsbed-wettingly funny
39 3.1

Making people laugh because it is silly or unusual

is more overpowering, causing loss of self control rather than simple silliness
bed-wettingly ridiculous
vsbed-wettingly funny
  • Informal
9.9

Very funny and silly in a way that makes people laugh hard

is focused on causing loss of self control from amusement

Antonyms

boring
721 1.0

Not interesting and making you feel tired or impatient

serious
452 1.4

Calm and focused, not playful or joking

How Funny

bed-wettingly funny
  • Informal
9.9
hilarious
  • Informal
264 1.5
funny
∞ 1.0
amusing
208 1.0

Surface Forms

bed-wettingly funny positive

Morphology

bed-wettingly + funny

The phrase is morphologically compositional — bed-wetting (involuntary urination) + -ly (adverbial) modifying funny — so its meaning 'so funny you would wet the bed' is inferable from the parts and signals an extreme degree. However, this is a creative, hyperbolic and culturally tinged intensifier (taboo/colloquial), so a B1 learner may not automatically grasp the pragmatic exaggeration or acceptability without exposure.

Etymology

Bed-wettingly funny may come from the image of someone laughing so hard they actually wet the bed, with the words bed and wetting giving that literal picture. So the phrase is used to mean 'extremely funny' or something that makes you 'laugh without stopping'.