1. The sound one makes after being told an extremely bad, old and/or
corny joke.
2. A way to describe an old, obvious and/or corny joke.
Derived from
the trumpet sound from
the golden age cartoons after a very obvious joke or gag was performed.
Example 1:
Roger made so many bad plays on words, in
leiu of calling himself "funny" he called himself, "
Punny."
The crowd responded with a "
WHANT WAH!"
Example 2:
The joke was so bad it was referred to as a "
whant wah" joke.
