standing joke
Example Sentences
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That deal brought to the C-suite the acquired company’s top management and its cost-cutting culture; in the Boeing corridors, the standing joke was that “McDonnell Douglas bought Boeing with Boeing’s money.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2025
A standing joke was that if Washington’s statue could talk, the great man would say, “Here is my sword; my clothes are at the Patent Office.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2023
"There's a bit of standing joke in the village about it," he said.
From BBC • Sep. 27, 2021
Our standing joke is that media criticism is like asbestos abatement: it’s dangerous, tends to get all over you and should be left to the experts.
From Fox News • Jan. 13, 2020
My grandfather and I had a standing joke.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
