thigh-slapper
noun1
Idiomatic Synonym of knee-slapper.
- Not exactly a thigh-slapper, but not terrible for a psychiatrist joke either.1980 September 29, Roger Rosenblatt, “The People's Analyst”, in Time, retrieved 18 Oct 2009:
- "There's a lot of USO girls in Hollywood," Hope mused on his World War II tours. "USO - Use Slacks Only." Ho ho ho. Women wearing pants. Real thigh-slapper.2003 July 29, Lenore Skenazy, “Bob Hope's Jokes Just Lived For the Moment”, in New York Daily News, retrieved 18 Oct 2009: