updog
Classic prank setup
Updog is a setup for a juvenile joke.
Someone works the word into conversation—What's that smell? Is that updog? —hoping the listener will ask "What's updog?" so they can reply "Not much, what's up with you?" The humor relies on the phonetic similarity to "what's up, dog." The joke circulates among children and in internet memes, often failing when the target refuses to take the bait.
Humor's final delivery
- setupHow something is arranged
- gotchaExclamation upon catching someone
- baitLure for prey
- wordplayVerbal wit techniques
misdirection · gag · quip · one-liner · shtick · zinger · double-entendre · innuendo
Informal light conversation
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- ribbingAffectionate verbal teasing
- teasingPlayful, mild ridicule
- reparteeQuick, clever conversation
back-and-forth · rapport · playful · friendly · casual · goofing · joshing · razzing
punchline
Humor's final delivery
wordplay · misdirection · gag · quip · one-liner · shtick · zinger · double-entendre · innuendo · pun
chitchat
Informal light conversation
repartee · back-and-forth · rapport · playful · friendly · casual · goofing · joshing · razzing · needling
meme
Shared online humor
shitpost · absurdist · ironic · deadpan · referential · callback · in-joke · screenshot · reaction · comment
bait
Lure for prey
hook · anticipation · timing · pause · deadpan · innocent · unsuspecting · clueless · oblivious · classic