HEYGOW ASMR

When the joke falls flat

10 phrases
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lěngchǎng le.
冷场了。
ENthe room's gone quiet
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wǒ zhège xiàohua bù hǎoxiào.
我这个笑话不好笑。
ENthat joke of mine wasn't funny
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dàng wǒ méi shuō.
当我没说。
ENforget I said anything
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qìfēn tūrán ānjìng.
气氛突然安静。
ENthe atmosphere suddenly went still
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wǒ gāngà de jiǎozhǐ kōu dì.
我尴尬得脚趾抠地。
ENI'm curling my toes with embarrassment
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zhè gěng yǒudiǎn lǎo le.
这梗有点老了。
ENthat gag is a bit dated
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wǒ zìjǐ xiào jiù xíng.
我自己笑就行。
ENI'll laugh at it myself then
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zánmen huàn ge huàtí.
咱们换个话题。
ENlet's change the subject
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jiǎzhuāng shénme dōu méi fāshēng.
假装什么都没发生。
ENpretend nothing happened
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wǒ xiān chè le.
我先撤了。
ENI'm off, then

冷场 - the scene goes cold - is the word for a silence after a joke fails, and having a name for it lets you name it out loud, which is the fastest repair. 我尴尬得脚趾抠地 - so awkward my toes dig into the floor - is modern internet imagery and very widely used.