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funny-peculiar or funny ha-ha
A phrase used when the speaker is trying to determine if someone else used the word "funny" to mean "strange" or "humorous." A: "That play sure is funny." B: "Do you mean funny-peculiar or funny ha-ha?"
funny peculiar
odd; eccentric. (As opposed to funny ha-ha.) I didn't mean that Mrs. Peters is funny ha-ha. She's weird—funny peculiar in fact. His face is sort of funny—funny peculiar, that is.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Ugo | | - | Italian |
Jez | | JEZ | English (British) |
Mikkeline | | - | Danish |
Leonard | | LEN-ərd (English), LAY-o-nahrt (Dutch) | English, Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic |
Priti | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati |
Mykolas | | - | Lithuanian |