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Jean Milburn, Anderson’s humorously matter-of-fact sex therapist from the series “Sex Education,” represented a watershed beginning in 2019.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Soon after he was spotted, a San Francisco-based Redditor named Des Tan called him Chonker, a play on chonky, which is slang for humorously chubby, and it stuck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

Hundreds of thousands of posts have been shared on Chinese social media in the past three days as users hope for prosperity for themselves, often humorously, including changing their profile pictures to Jenner.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026

A related area is to attack hypocrisy — both humorously and seriously.

From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2025

When their eyes met, he flipped one ear humorously and Miyax sensed he had been through this, too.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George




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