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a running joke
a repeated joke
A running joke is a joke that people keep referring to over a long period of time.
Hear it in real life
Why does everyone call him Captain Slow?
It started as a running joke at school.
My terrible sense of direction has become a running joke among my friends.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: It's a running funny in my family.
Say: It's a running joke in my family.
The fixed expression uses “joke,” not “funny.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
be a running joke; become a running joke; an ongoing running joke
Your turn: say it out loud
My terrible sense of direction has become a running joke among my friends.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
a running joke
a repeated joke
“My terrible sense of direction has become a running joke among my friends.”
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