peculiar

funny-peculiar

Strange, as opposed to humorous (the most common meaning of "funny"). That play sure is funny. Funny-peculiar, I mean—I don't know that I could sit through it again. Her outfit wasn't funny ha-ha, it was funny-peculiar. And what was up with the feathered hat? That sounds pretty bizarre to me. Like, funny-peculiar, not funny ha-ha.

funny-peculiar or funny ha-ha

A phrase used when the speaker is trying to determine if someone else used the word "funny" to mean "strange" or "humorous." A: "That play sure is funny." B: "Do you mean funny-peculiar or funny ha-ha?" A: "Was her outfit funny ha-ha or funny-peculiar?" B: "The latter. I mean, she was wearing a feathered hat!" What are you looking to watch tonight? Something funny-peculiar or funny ha-ha?
See also: funny
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funny peculiar

odd; eccentric. (As opposed to funny ha-ha.) I didn't mean that Mrs. Peters is funny ha-ha. She's weird—funny peculiar in fact. His face is sort of funny—funny peculiar, that is.
See also: funny, peculiar
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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