Gimme a joke!
Posted: January 16, 2025 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: expressions, Hegseth, humor, language, malaphors, Markwayne Mullin, mixed idioms, Trump, words 1 CommentAt the Senate confirmation hearing for Secretary of Defense, Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) was defending nominee Pete Hegseth, admonishing the Democrats for grandstanding and what he viewed as hypocrisy. After citing a few examples, he exclaimed, “Gimme a joke!”
This is a beautiful congruent conflation of “gimme a break!” and “what a joke!”, both expressions used to exasperation or disbelief. Many thanks to Daniel and to Mike Kovacs for sending this one in promptly.

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