see you in the funny papers
/ˈsi‿jə ɪn‿ðə ˌfʌni ˈpeɪpɚz/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English
38
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Bye, Bye, I'll see you in the funny papers. See?"
- "I'll see you in the funny paper."
- ""S'long!" he waved brightly. "See you in the funny papers …""
- ""I'll see you in the funny papers." This is the remark that Alice White passed to Arthur Lake on the beach near Los Angeles last summer. It was a bit of current slang, but Alice little dreamed it would come true. But it has. A few months later Arthur was assigned to play the title role in First National Pictures' screen version of the famous funny paper comic, "Harold Teen." Miss White was given the role of Giggles in the picture."
- "[T]a-ta see you in the funnypaper"
- "Well, I'll see you in the funny papers, and by that I mean the Alumni office at two tomorrow afternoon."
Etymology
Probably a humorous elaboration of see you or see you later (“a phrase used at parting, and not necessarily implying that the person being addressed will be seen later by the speaker”). The funny papers are the pages of a newspaper containing comic strips; the implication appears to be that the person addressed will do something ludicrous which will end up featured in a comic strip.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsi‿jə ɪn‿ðə ˌfʌni ˈpeɪpɚz/
- British English: /ˈsiː‿ju ɪn‿ðə ˌfʌni ˈpeɪpəz/