死胖子

Dead Fat Man

  有一个胖子..........
  从高楼跳下...
  结果变成了.......
  死胖子..

  There was a fat guy……
  he jumped off from a high building……
  then he became ……
  a dead fat man……

   This is a new kind of jokes in China, called dry humors or cold joke. The joke doesn’t make you laugh, it will surprise you, make you feel funny and a little being teased.

   Let’s back to this joke, 一个胖子，a fat guy , 死了，died, of course, he came 一个死胖子 a dead fat man, but you know what the word 死胖子 dead fat man exactly means in chinese? Well, it doesn’t used to describe whether a man is dead or alive as it does in English, it actually is an impolite word. For example, a man or a woman annoyed you, and he or she is overweight, you can call them 死胖子，something like you bitch, you jerk, but a little tenderer.

                                                                   Hokey