Sentence examples for widespread jokes from inspiring English sources

In fact, there were widespread jokes at the time about "liar loans" or "Ninja loans".

When the Indian Premier League was forced by a general election — and then security concerns — to decamp to South Africa for the season in 2009, the widespread joke was that the "I" in its "I.P.L".

The controversy also has inspired widespread public jokes and provided easy fodder for editorial cartoonists.

Martin also expresses bewilderment over the widespread appeal of jokes about his band, such as "Coldplay?

His picture was so widespread that a joke quietly circulating among his detractors in 1988 put the country's population at 34 million — 17 million people and 17 million portraits of Saddam.

The practices were so widespread that employees joked that C.A. stood for "Creative Accounting," and that March, June, September and December, when fiscal quarters end, had 35 days, giving the company extra time to close sales and book revenue.

In-group language: Humans need both to hide and rationalize unethical behavior, leading to the widespread use of in-group jokes and euphemisms.

Then, when the global warming jokes were too widespread to ignore, they spent the next 24 hours telling us that occasional cold outbreaks are still "consistent" with a rapidly warming planet.

It was so widespread it was an in-joke between the editors of the Sun and the Daily Mirror at an awards ceremony.

He is referring to an anecdote that was published in the introduction of her own book, which was made even clearer when she makes a joke about how widespread this misperception is.

He joked about the widespread reports of his dismissal early next week, saying that he may be reassigned as a housesitter for the summer home of Lewis Katz, the Nets' principal owner.