Informal term for comic strips or comics (cartoons with jokes), especially those published in newspapers; also used to describe funny stories or jokes.
Plural of 'funny' when used as a noun, from 'funny' (amusing), first popularized to mean comic strips in the late 1800s.
The 'funnies' is what newspapers called their comic strip sections—a term that shows how American popular culture created a whole new meaning for 'funny'!
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