| 释义 |
cruellie, cruelly, n. colloq.|ˈkruːəlɪ|
[f. cruel a. + -ie, -y6.]
A cruel joke, remark, comment, etc. Also attrib.
1959News Chron. 6 July 3/4 The famous American ‘cruellie’ joke—example: ‘But what did you think of the play, Mrs. Lincoln?’—is on the way out. 1959Guardian 3 Nov. 7/3 ‘Some of [the greeting cards] are cruellies... They might say on the outside ‘Stay the way you are’, and..on the inside..‘Mean, Cruel, Thoughtless’...’ How about a real cruelly, then, with the gum flavoured with cyanide? 1961‘J. Ross’ Last August xiv. 168 Con fancies himself as a psychiatrist... He has the best collection of sick jokes and cruellies. |