whoopee
Example Sentences
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Park handles this dark subject with all the delicacy of a whoopee cushion, aiming for outsized, slapstick laughs that will appeal to both Korean and international audiences.
From Salon • Oct. 7, 2025
Fifteen-time “SNL” host Martin returned to the show this weekend to support his “Only Murders in the Building” co-star, Gomez, by appearing in a digital short about the inventor of the whoopee cushion.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2022
This seems like an idea generated almost exclusively for car enthusiasts Ford isn’t ready to go so far as to turn its vehicles into rolling whoopee cushions.
From The Verge • May 6, 2022
Perhaps Giannis wasn’t saying, “I wear this shit now,” but rather, “Andy’s on now,” a reference to The Andy Griffith Show and the character of Goober Pyle, a beloved, whoopee cap–wearing dope.
From Slate • Dec. 20, 2019
It made a noise like a whoopee cushion.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
