hilars

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A form of hilarious — Very funny; causing great merriment and laughter.

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adjectivehilars (comparative more hilars, superlative most hilars)

comparative more hilars · superlative most hilars

  1. abbreviationclippingcolloquialClipping of hilarious.

    I start to say something, even though I have no idea what to say, but then Alison Stipe walks up and goes, "You guys, that stuff this weekend was hilars. Stupid Emma."

    2014, Amanda Maciel, Tease, New York, N.Y.: Balzer + Bray, →ISBN, page 287
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    Do you really think your mom will eventually find your disgusting, crass comments hilarious? Why don't you ask her first? I'm venturing to guess that even if she thought you were "hilars," she'd probably tell you to put a sock in it and smarten up.

    2015 May 14, “What You Can Learn From #FHRITP About Public Shaming”, in HuffPost

    There's a way that young people talk these days, and it's totes hilars. You see it on Twitter a lot, people exclaiming about their totes delish spags or their totes redic boyfs.

    2016 January 13, Jeff Guo, “The totes amazesh way millennials are changing the English language”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2016

    Synonyms: hilar

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Clipping of hilarious + -s (hypocoristic suffix).

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hilars. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hilars

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