What exactly is a "whoosh"?

I think whooshing should be a bannable offense.

Or at the very least, a banana offense.

I thought the whole thread was a meta-whoosh.

[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers]
Maybe you need a depth raise.
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Any particular era? Maybe you could narrow this down to a particular decade?
[sub]well played sir![/sub]

“Whoosh” means the joke failed but its teller wants credit anyway.

[QUOTE=Malachi Throne]
“Whoosh” means the joke failed but its teller wants credit anyway.
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That rarely happens. It’s considered bad form for the whoosher to tease the whooshee.

[QUOTE=Fear Itself]
That rarely happens. It’s considered bad form for the whoosher to tease the whooshee.
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Really? I do that at least twice a month.

[QUOTE=Liberal]
I think whooshing should be a bannable offense.

Or at the very least, a banana offense.
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I’m not letting the mods anywhere near me with a banana.