sick joke



sick joke

An anecdote intended to be humorous but actually in very bad taste, as in His stories turn out to be sick jokes about people who are handicapped in some way. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]
See also: joke, sick

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
DaithÍDAH-heeIrish
Arsenioahr-SE-nyo (Spanish, Italian)Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
SifSEEF (Norse Mythology)Norse Mythology, Danish, Icelandic
Yngve-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Nosson-Yiddish
Baxter['bækstə]