Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

light bulb joke

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.61 in modern English

Syllables: light bul-b joke
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any joke of the form "How many X does it take to change a light bulb?" followed by a witty riposte, where X is some usually stereotypical class of people.

Inflected Forms

light bulb jokes (plural) lightbulb joke (alternative)

Questions

What does light bulb joke mean?: Any joke of the form "How many X does it take to change a light bulb?" followed by a witty riposte, where X is some usually stereotypical class of people.

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