laugh riots

Extremely funny things

Laugh riots are things considered extremely funny—comedians, movies, situations.

The term is nearly always plural and often ironic or hyperbolic: The reviews called it a laugh riot, but I barely smiled.

Despite the wording, a laugh riot involves no actual rioting, just supposedly uncontrollable laughter.

Related

split your sides · comedy · hysterical · sitcoms · showstoppers · one-liner · howlers · funny bone · stand-up · humor · comic timing · farce · slapstick · comic · mockumentary · punchline · wisecrack · knee slapper

Opposites
comedic success

laugh riotsbombs

Explosive munitions dropped

duds · flops · turkeys · stinkers · groaners

emotional response elicited

laugh riotstearjerkers

Emotionally manipulative sad narratives

downers · bummers · sob stories · weepies · tragedies

entertainment quality

laugh riotsdisasters

Ruinous events causing suffering

failures · fiascos · train wrecks · embarrassments · disappointments

Family

laugh, laughs, laughed, laughing, laughter, laughable, laughably, riot, riots

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G