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Discover LudwigThe phrase "funny until" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to indicate that something is amusing up to a certain point, after which it may no longer be considered funny.
Example: "The joke was funny until he started repeating it over and over."
Alternatives: "humorous until" or "amusing until"
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This is funny, until it is not.
It was funny until it wasn't.
Funny, until it turns out to be true.
Which is funny, until you leave the cinema.
She was always so funny until she was executed for insubordination and imitation of a royal.
These wild times were funny until, for Mr. Ebert, they weren't.
Prouvost is exceptional in another way: I'd never found conceptual art funny until I saw Wantee.
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The film, which also stars Emma Stone, is very funny and, until an overlong, unnecessarily maudlin denouement, sharp and sensitive about the vagaries of human connection.
It's funny that until now I never put it together that I'd asked for a hippopotamus in my store!
The way the Phil unravels when left alone on Earth is not only slyly funny (wait until you see his margarita pool) but also fascinating.
I love nights with lots of popcorn and sweets, being in my onesie and watching funny films until I'm too tired to keep my eyes open.
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