>>>Hi everybody,
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>>>If somebody would say:
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>>>"You're such a riot", how this can be interpreted?
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>>>Thanks in advance.
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>>Depends on how they said or wrote it. For example...
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>>"You're such a riot!" could imply that they are kidding you about something you said or did.
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>>"You're such a riot." is probably sarcastic and they are not kidding you.
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>>The context is also important. What else was being said at the time and all that. And who said it and your relationship with them.
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>Here is the exact context
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http://forums.asp.net/t/1369221.aspx>
>I'm just not sure what would riot mean if applied to the person. I looked it up in Wikipedia, but don't see it as an idiom.
You have already been given the common meaning, i.e. "You are very funny." It's hard to tell what the guy on the ASP.NET forum meant when he said that. I'm sure you weren't the only one puzzled. Have you asked him what he meant? He's probably in a better position to tell you than we are.