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- noun Plural form of
groaner .
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Examples
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Dee - I agree he was trying to be funny and failed, but the groaners were the Bill BJ jabs.
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He's hit and miss with his material but clearly has a good eye for what will work with the audience, pre-empting his 'groaners' with a nod to how cringeworthy they are and delivering his stronger lines with confidence.
Chortle News RSS 2010
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These are often refered to as "groaners", because they make many radio listeners groan to hear them.
Chicago Indymedia 2009
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But the good lines are outnumbered by the groaners.
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But the good lines are outnumbered by the groaners.
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The ignominy of extra time loomed for Villa but, to the relief of McLeish and the few groaners in the crowd, Lichaj and Delfouneso, a replacement for N'Zogbia, saved the day.
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The play is a lighthearted romp that forces all the characters to come clean about their desires emotional and sexual -- even if Julian's occasional sexist cracks are groaners.
Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Cactus Flower Fern Siegel 2011
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What always amazed me about this was that, in spite of the fact that they would actively run from me at parties and attempt to shun me in social situations, people filled the rows night after night to hear some of the worst groaners imaginable - Did you hear that someone tried to kill the author of the Iliad with an automatic pistol?
IBM's Watson wins! First Jeopardy! -- next, bad puns? Alexandra Petri 2011
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The play is a lighthearted romp that forces all the characters to come clean about their desires emotional and sexual -- even if Julian's occasional sexist cracks are groaners.
Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Cactus Flower Fern Siegel 2011
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The play is a lighthearted romp that forces all the characters to come clean about their desires emotional and sexual -- even if Julian's occasional sexist cracks are groaners.
Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Cactus Flower Fern Siegel 2011
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