"What do you call a cough that attracts a lot of…

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic made people especially aware of coughing. This riddle was posted on Reddit—Cleanjokes on May 7, 2020:

Q: What do you call a cough that attracts a lot of attention?
A: Phlegm-boyant.

The pun is on the word “flamboyant.” “I’m phlegm-boyant again this morning. #cough” was posted on Twitter by Darin on December 15, 2012.

Wikipedia: 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak
The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019, and was recognised as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020.

Twitter
Dann
@DaDanDann
I’m phlegm-boyant again this morning. #cough
3:14 AM · Dec 15, 2012·Twitter for Android

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Soh Weng Heng
@SohLucky21
Phlegm-boyant Cough. 😖
11:37 PM · Jul 14, 2014·Facebook

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Sarika Chand
@sarikafj
Workmate coughs. Me: Doesn’t sound too good. Him: Yes, it sounds very phlegm-boyant! /clap
10:24 PM · Jul 27, 2015·Twitter Web Client

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we’re havin’ fun
@martybix
I am coughing up a lot of mucus in a very exaggerated fashion. I am phlegm-boyant.
10:43 AM · Jun 25, 2017·Twitter for Android

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Aashish
@TheAashishKale
I have got cough. It is phlegm-boyant
7:00 AM · Sep 5, 2017·Twitter for iPhone

Reddit—Cleanjokes
Posted by u/c_che May 7, 2020
What do you call a cough that attracts a lot of attention?
Phlegm-boyant

Twitter
Pirate World
@RaverBaba
What do you call a cough that attracts a lot of attention? :
Phlegm-boyant
submitted by /u/c_che
[link] [comments] #funny #jokes #humor #oneliner
3:33 AM · May 7, 2020·IFTTT

“What do you call a cough that attracts a lot of attention?”/“Phlegm-boyant.”