slapper

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But the real knee-slapper, the coup de grace if you will, is that the ESB wage increases will benefit the Exchequer more, and reduce the deficit further, than if they were retained by the ESB.

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  1. One who or that which slaps.
  2. A person or thing of large size; a whopper. [Vulgar.]

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  • I suspect that whatever local wit came up with that knee-slapper was operating on the presumption that Sunday and sundae are unrelated and only coincidentally homophones (words that sound the same). —  The Word Detective
  • VIBE. com found the slapper, who asked to remain anonymous due to worries of a lawsuit, to get his side of the story. —  VIBE Magazine
  • Politico's Mike Allen has some quotes from the private Alfalfa dinner last night, including a knee-slapper Joe Lieberman told about Dick Cheney and torture. —  Crooks and Liars
  • Apparently, he connected to crazy as he gave roses to the pop quiz-giving birthday girl, the poet, admitted obsessed b-- slapper Naomi, and stalker Tooth Nazi. —  WordPress.com News
  • Why, that's almost as much of a thigh-slapper as short-sheeting the bed in the honeymoon suite. —  timesunion.com: Local Breaking News
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