funny bone

Noun

Meaning

a point on the elbow where the ulnar nerve passes near the surface; a sharp tingling sensation results when the nerve is knocked against the bone

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funny-bone

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Examples

Artemis: I am not buoyed by that. Foaly: You are not supposed to be buoyed by that. You are supposed to be equalized. Mulch: I'm pretty sure that both of you just made really horrible jokes. But I'm not sure because I think you broke my funny bone. Eoin Colfer

A fellow who has a funny bone can learn to hone his skills, but I don't think you can develop a funny bone - you either have it or you don't. And by the way - when you get it, we don't know it. Carl Reiner

the funny bone is not humerus Source: Internet

Every so often, and even more often as of late, a film like 2019’s comes around that achieves the unusual, and perhaps even boorish task of appealing to your morbid curiosity while simultaneously tickling your funny bone. Source: Internet

From funny and gross to introspective and wise, Silverstein is a master at tickling the funny bone in this classic. Source: Internet

It always tickles my funny bone to see foods/cuts of meats that I only know in Hokkien or Cantonese translated into English! Source: Internet

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