Gag Phrases

Phrases

• Beyond a joke
• By way of a joke
• Conspiracy of silence
• Deafening silence
• Gag reflex (The involuntary spasm caused by something touching the back of one's mouth)
• Gagging for it
• Gagging order
• Genius bonus (a joke or theme added to a programme aimed at well informed people)
• I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti (The Silence of the Lambs)
• Inside joke
• It's no joke
• Joke around
• Lapse into silence
• No joke
• Paternal bonus (a joke or theme added to a childrens programme aimed at adults)
• Radio silence
• Running gag
• Sick joke
• Silence is golden
• Speech is silver but silence is golden
• Spit take (spitting out a drink in response to a joke or surprise)
• The Silence Of The Lambs (Jodie Foster / Anthony Hopkins movie)
• The Sound Of Silence (Simon and Garfunkel song)
• The Thief of Bad Gags (Nickname of comedian Milton Berle)
• The Vomit Comet (Nickname of space simulator)
• The joke's over
• The silence was deafening
• Wall of silence
• Winter drawers on (old British euphemistic joke)