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.

Joe: I really don't get that joke.
Ted: Would somebody kill the frog for Joe please?

by gurzil May 4, 2006

Kill the frog

Start the day with a task you're continuously postponing.

' Oh no I don't want to do this Twitter analysis ' .

' Let's just 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."

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..."

by ruby_wired September 28, 2023