Definition of Sick joke

1. Noun. A joke in bad taste.

Generic synonyms: Gag, Jape, Jest, Joke, Laugh

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sick Joke

sick(p)
sick-abed
sick and tired
sick as a dog
sick as a parrot
sick bag
sick benefit
sick berth
sick building syndrome
sick call
sick calls
sick day
sick days
sick euthyroid syndrome
sick headache
sick joke (current term)
sick leave
sick list
sick man
sick man of Asia
sick man of East Asia
sick man of Europe
sick men
sick note
sick of(p)
sick parade
sick pay
sick person
sick puppies
sick puppy

Literary usage of Sick joke

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Animal Rights and Wrongs by Roger Scruton (1998)
"Most of us would regard a moral philosophy which makes it impossible to pass final judgement on Hitler and Stalin as a kind of sick joke. ..."

2. Economic Sanctions and American Diplomacy by Richard Haass (1998)
"A survey of the fates of Haitian rulers since independence reads like a sick joke: "fled," "shot," "overthrown," "taken hostage," "blown up," "poisoned," ..."

3. Mentally Incontinent by Joe Peacock (2005)
"This must be some sort of sick joke. But it wasn't. Has her voice finally been heard in her long lasting relationship with Best Buy? ..."

4. WMD Machete by Mark Plimsoll (2006)
""OK, a sick joke." "What a time to joke. What if there's no food or water?" "It's always raining in the highlands. I've got enough oatmeal for a couple of ..."

5. Now You See It by Ron Wallace (2006)
"Instead, I went as far from that place as I could, out of the moment, out of the province of the prostate, its sick joke, to the remembered old country of ..."

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