A phrase used to respond to someone making a comment that was intended to be funny, but touches on subject matter that shouldn't be joked about, usually because it was a recent event (being in the last decade or so).
person1: Ah man, i didn't study for the final. I'm gonna fail for sure
person2: Dude, you're screwed like Steve Irwin in a tank of stingrays.
person1: Too soon.
person2: Dude, you're screwed like Steve Irwin in a tank of stingrays.
person1: Too soon.
by Attomar November 5, 2007
A phrase used to respond to someone making a comment that was intended to be funny, but touches on subject matter that shouldn't be joked about, usually because it was a cosmologically recent event.
person1: New evidence links the collapse of Aztec society to a deadly salmonella outbreak.
person2: Wait, Aztecs ate at Chipotle?
person1: Too soon.
person2: Wait, Aztecs ate at Chipotle?
person1: Too soon.
by ArtichokesArtichokesArtichokes February 21, 2017
A phrase used in reference to actions or comments that are intended to be humorous but touch on timely subjects that are still too sensitive for most people to be ready to laugh about.
The employees listened in shock as the last remaining programmer joked about the lack of management vision that was derailing the company. For them, it was too soon.
by xidol May 16, 2006
by ASKA March 30, 2006
A phrase said after making a sarcastic or sadistic joke regarding a morbid event. Such as Bill Buckner booting an easy ground ball, the Steve Bartman interference of the foul ball at the Cubs playoff game, Dave Winfield dispatching a sea gull, and any other event that hits home. Can be construed as insulting or hurtful.
Often said at celebrity roasts as a timely funny comment or metaphor after insulting one of the attendees.
Often said at celebrity roasts as a timely funny comment or metaphor after insulting one of the attendees.
The Cubs have as much chance of winning a World Series as Steve Bartman does of interferring with another foul ball at Wrigley Field. Too soon?
by T_rump_supporter August 25, 2016
To joke about a deceased person within the time to be determined by the audience of the joke to be too soon after his or her expiration.
by Derwin Spickler February 9, 2010
Too soon is used for Jokes or just in a common sentence Too soon for doing homework is commonly used or too soon for a child is kind of common in a married relationship too soon in memes are like “HAH TO SOON I ALREADY FUCKED YA MUM”
by Α January 12, 2022