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  • noun Alternative spelling of knee slapper.

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Examples

  • Attacks upon Bush as well as his family have been OK ... job him the chimp or spiritless comments about his daughters have been the genuine knee-slapper.

    Google Upset by Racist Michelle Obama Image | Drudge Retort admin 2009

  • Now Pelosi says, "Democrats are in the lead on fiscal soundness"--a statement that would be a real knee-slapper if it weren't so terrifying in what it reveals of the Democratic Party's economic policy psychosis.

    Other Comments 2011

  • But the thing about satire, as with most other sorts of humor, is that it tends not to age well: That knee-slapper of a joke loses some impact after the ninth or tenth time you tell it, and this one is years past its sell-by date.

    Teabaggin’ 2009

  • Attacks upon Bush as well as his family have been OK ... job him the chimp or spiritless comments about his daughters have been the genuine knee-slapper.

    Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009

  • Many fans, certain they've come up with a real knee-slapper of a gambit, press Mr. Shalhoub's flesh, then make as if to hand the actor a sanitary wipe.

    'Here's What Happened...' Joanne Kaufman 2010

  • Indeed, it's only Mr. Miller's knee-slapper that keeps Sarah Palin's own quip from being the real whopper.

    Robert J. Elisberg: The Tea Party Gets an Uninvited Guest 2010

  • Yes, a real knee-slapper, but it turns out to be about the wittiest thing she's capable of saying.

    Tom Shales: Derivative suicide show 'Gravity' fails to take off 2010

  • Indeed, it's only Mr. Miller's knee-slapper that keeps Sarah Palin's own quip from being the real whopper.

    Robert J. Elisberg: The Tea Party Gets an Uninvited Guest 2010

  • Many fans, certain they've come up with a real knee-slapper of a gambit, press Mr. Shalhoub's flesh, then make as if to hand the actor a sanitary wipe.

    'Here's What Happened...' Joanne Kaufman 2010

  • Many fans, certain they've come up with a real knee-slapper of a gambit, press Mr. Shalhoub's flesh, then make as if to hand the actor a sanitary wipe.

    'Here's What Happened...' Joanne Kaufman 2010

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