riot, laugh riot, laff riot

ri・ot

━━ n. 暴動, 騒動; 【法】騒乱罪; 浮れ騒ぎ; 放蕩(ほうとう); （a ～） 色彩［音響］の乱舞 (a ～ of color); 激発 ((of)); 〔話〕 （a ～） ひどく面白い人［物，事］; 大当りのショー［芸人］.

n.

1. A wild or turbulent disturbance created by a large number of people.
2. Law. A violent disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons assembled for a common purpose.
3. An unrestrained outbreak, as of laughter or passions.
4. A profusion: The garden was a riot of colors in August.
5. 1. Unrestrained merrymaking; revelry.
   2. Debauchery.
6. Slang. An irresistibly funny person or thing: Isn't she a riot?

v., -ot·ed, -ot·ing, -ots. v.intr.

1. To take part in a riot.
2. To live wildly or engage in uncontrolled revelry.

v.tr.

To waste (money or time) in wild or wanton living: “rioted his life out, and made an end” (Tennyson).

[Middle English, from Old French, dispute, from rioter, to quarrel, perhaps from ruire, to roar, from Latin rūgīre.]

laugh riot 愛搞笑的人或電影

超級的laugh riot 教 laff riot

Laff-riot. A lower-grade version of "laugh-riot." Blake Edwards's "10" is a "laugh-riot." Cheech and Chong's' `Up in Smoke" aspires to be a "laff-riot. ...

The Future of Display Technologies

By DAVID POGUE

At the Consumer Electronics Show a couple weeks ago, I hosted a panel on future display technologies. There were five panelists--executives from Sharp, 3M, Corning, E-Ink and Mitsubishi.

Frankly, I didn't choose the topic or the panelists, and I wasn't completely convinced that this session would be, you know, a laff riot.

But these guys turned out to be compelling and entertaining speakers, and every single one of them obeyed my request to avoid jargon and buzzwords.

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