kill the frog
To explain a joke. If you have to take apart a joke and explain how it works, like a frog, you will kill it, removing all humor that might have been left.
kill the frog by gurzil May 4, 2006
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Kill the frog
Kill the frog by Q&A April 21, 2017
kill the frog
To explain a joke or overanalyse any source of humour, especially when doing so renders it unfunny.
Taken from the expression commonly ascribed to E.B. White: "Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process."
Taken from the expression commonly ascribed to E.B. White: "Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. You understand it better but the frog dies in the process."
Joke teller: "haha, do you get it? Because that's the only reason a chicken would reasonably WANT to cross a road, regardless of any extra context."
Joke recipient: "way to kill the frog..."
Joke recipient: "way to kill the frog..."
kill the frog by ruby_wired September 28, 2023
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