wife jokes
Marriage-based comedy material
Wife jokes are a genre of humor, especially common in stand-up comedy, that treat marriage as a source of complaint—the nagging wife, the sexless marriage, the man trapped in domestic misery.
The format is associated with older comedians and has become something of a cliché: His whole set was just wife jokes and airline food.
The term often carries mild derision, suggesting lazy or dated material.
- husbandMarried man's role
- marriageFormal union between partners
- naggingPersistent bothering or complaining
- ball and chainFetter limiting prisoner movement
- in the doghouseTemporarily out of favor
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