When someone tells a really long story that really has no point to it at all and at the end you make a little chuckle, giggle, or laugh out of courtesy.
Friends mom: *insert long pointless story here*
You: *chuckle*
Friend: That was such a couresy laugh
You: *chuckle*
Friend: That was such a couresy laugh
by Lauren was here May 29, 2005
When someone tells an absolutely terrible joke, and no one laughs, you give them a courtesy laugh. This should not be mocking and done very tastefully.
Jim- "...And so the atom says, 'I lost an electron!' And the bartender says, 'Are you sure?' and the atom goes,'I'm Postive!'"
Jake (thinking)- Holy fuck that was a horrible joke, he needs a courtesy laugh
Jake- HA HA HA
*silence*
Jake (thinking)- Holy fuck that was a horrible joke, he needs a courtesy laugh
Jake- HA HA HA
*silence*
by Sextron42 October 05, 2009
when a waiter or bartender is working in a very loud bar or restaurant and cannot completely hear what the customer is saying but they start to laugh when they thought it was a time to insert laughter.
also known as a courtesy laugh when a customer says something at all remotely funny so you use the waiter laugh or bartender laugh to make the customer think they are funny.
also known as a courtesy laugh when a customer says something at all remotely funny so you use the waiter laugh or bartender laugh to make the customer think they are funny.
I was table-side when the family was talking to me and I started using my "courtesy (waiter laugh or bartender laugh) laugh" when Mr. Young told the same story he has told 45 times previously.
by dakine mahalo December 02, 2009