Today’s J-Slang is…
[podcast]http://media.libsyn.com/media/japanese/jslang03.mp3[/podcast]
さむっ
SAMU = That’s not funny
あの冗談さむっ
Ano joudan samu = That joke is terrible!
SAMU comes from the adjective SAMUI which means cold. Use SAMU when someone tells an unoriginal joke, usually with a pathetic punch line or an awful pun, so bad it almost makes you shiver.
These are also sometimes referred to as 親父ギャグ / OYAJI GYAGU or a joke an old guy would tell such as an annoying uncle at a family get together with a bad sense of humor. I hear this a lot when someone cracks an old groaner and everyone wants to let the person know they shouldn’t give up their day job.
From Twitter: tomoakiyama@japanesepodcast Good one! Often “sabui” to emphasize it’s so cold that your nose is stuffy and you can’t help pronouncing “m” like “b”.
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