Birthdays are fun and hectic and meaningful, which is why we have put together a list of all the best short funny happy birthday wishes for you to share. And if you’re looking for short funny happy birthday captions for Instagram, we also have you covered.
Now go ahead and browse through to find your favorite.
Short Funny Happy Birthday Wishes
Age is a matter of mind. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter!
Like cheese and fine wine, you’re only getting better with time!
Another day older is another day to chug more cake. Happy Birthday.
I’d give you my last chicken nugget. That’s really saying something. Happy Birthday!
On your birthday I thought I’d just let you in on a little secret.
Wow, another year under your belt. Just let me know how old we’re telling people you are now?
Don’t forget to smile uncomfortably when the whole family sings you Happy Birthday!
If you got stung by a jellyfish, I would totally pee on you. That’s how much you mean to me.
Those aren’t gray hairs you see. They’re strands of birthday glitter growing out of your head.
Party hard, but maybe bring a second set of underwear with you this time hahaha.
At your age, people expect you to be calm, dignified and sober… Disappoint them. Happy Birthday!
Happiest of birthdays to she she to my Nanigans!
For your special day, I’ve sent you a truly gracious present. It’s a ghost hug! You can’t feel it, but it is definitely there!
Your birthday is the perfect excuse to get drunk on a weekday. Bottoms up!
Happy birthday! Remember, age is just a number, but wrinkles are real estate for wisdom!
Happy birthday! I think it’s great… How you used to be young.
It’s your birthday, you know what that means. Time for you to smile awkwardly while friends and family botch your birthday song. Good times!
What did one veggie say to the other on its birthday? Ha pea birthday.
Another year, another candle on the cake. At this rate, your cake is going to need its own fire extinguisher.
You’re the Thelma to my Louise, the Snoop to my Martha, and the Selena to my Taylor.
Remember, age is like underwear – it creeps up on you when you least expect it.
Don’t let old age get you down! It’s way to hard to get back up. Happy birthday, man!
Happy birthday to someone who is not only a year older but also a year closer to qualifying for the senior discount. Enjoy the perks, ancient one!
Birthdays are like vacations: infrequent and fleeting.
I wouldn’t say you’re old… you’ve just been young for longer than most of us. Happy birthday!
Here’s to another year of questionable life decisions! Happy birthday queen.
Happy Birthday! For your special day I made you a cake. BOOM YOU’RE A CAKE! You’re so very welcome.
I would have made you a funny card, but I know at your age bladder control can be a problem…
Happy birthday! We’ll be friends until we’re old and senile… then, we’ll be new friends!
Pst, don’t grow up! It’s a trap. Happy birthday!
Great news! You’re still alive! Happy birthday!
Congratulations on the level-up!
What goes up but never comes down? Your age.
Happy birthday!! You only look as old as the last selfie you took.
Celebrate your birthday like a cat: by turning up the mewsic.
My birthday wish for you is that your hangover tomorrow isn’t too bad.
It’s your party and you’ll cry if you want to; however, I don’t recommend it.
It’s time to get this party started! But seriously, let’s get a move on—we both know you can’t stay up past 10 p.m.
Happy birthday to a lifelong friend! I can’t wait until we’re old enough to be terrorizing the senior home nurses together!
Happy Birthday to you. In your honor I will refrain from doing the Whip and Nae Nae dance!
I believe you forgot my birthday present last year, so now I’m returning the favor. Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday to someone who doesn’t quite look as old as a dried up prune yet.
Like an iPhone, you upgrade each year!
Birthdays are a lot like golf… It’s a lot more fun if you don’t keep count. Happy birthday!
It’s so great that my crazy really vibes with your weird. Happy birthday!
How do two pickle friends celebrate each other? They relish their birthdays.
You don’t look a day over 16! From a distance, with my eyes closed. Happy birthday!
Congratulations on being born a really long time ago.
You know, I would be a whole lot more excited about you turning one year older if I was in your will. Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday! You don’t look a day older than dirt!
Happy birthday to one of the only people I can actually tolerate on a daily basis! Well, most days.
May you live to be so old that the very sight of you terrifies babies and ex-lovers. Happy birthday!
They say the older you get, the wiser you become. So, at your age, you must be the wisest person I know… or at least the one with the most birthdays.
You’re turning the perfect age. You’re old enough to recognize your mistakes but young enough to make some more.
Have you heard? In banana years, you’re ripe enough for bread!
You aren’t old, you’re a classic!
A lady never reveals her…um… age. Yah, that sounds right. Happy birthday, lady!
To an amazing friend on their birthday, my only regret is not meeting you sooner so I could have annoyed you longer.
Happy birthday to the person who has seen me at my best, my worst, and my weirdest… and still loves me anyway! You’re stuck with me for life!
If things get better with age, then you’re approaching magnificent! Happy Birthday.
Since it’s your birthday, I’ll tell you now you’re a real catch. Fishing you a reel-y happy birthday!
Happy birthday to a real life Insta baddie.
Statistics show that those who have the most birthdays live the longest. Happy Birthday.
In dog years you’re dead. Happy birthday to a man’s best friend!
Happy Birthday to the greatest female homosapien to ever walk the planet! Evolution stopped when it created you!
Statistics show that those who have the most birthdays live the longest. You’re doing pretty well!
May you live so long your wrinkles have wrinkles. Happy birthday!
It’s better to be over the hill than buried under it.
Remember, age is just a number. In your case, a really, really high one.
Happy birthday from the one who endures your farts and loves you all the same.
Happy birthday, bestie! Here’s a long life together, so we can be 100 and still gossiping like teens.
Happy birthday and keep up the good work getting older!
A little advice on your special day, there is no shame in the Botox game. Happy birthday!
I mean, you have ME so I don’t know what else you have to wish for… but go off I guess…
Be careful. Too many birthdays will kill you. Happy birthday!
Happy birthday! Don’t forget to iron that birthday suit.
Some say the glass is half empty, others say the glass is half full. It’s your birthday, just drink whatever’s in the glass!
Happy birthday to one old lady who still knows how to party! You rock!
It’s your birthday, the anniversary of the day you triumphantly escaped from your mother’s womb. So, that’s pretty cool.
Happy Birthday to someone who is comparable to fine wine and aged cheese. You get better with age!
You may not be able to fold a fitted sheet, but otherwise you’re pretty cool. Happy birthday!
We’re both getting old, but who’s counting? Happy birthday!
Happy birthday! I’m so pleased to hear you’re over the hill instead of under it.
Happy birthday! You know you’re getting old when you can’t remember how old you are. So, how old are you again?
Let them eat cake. And by them, I mean you!
You might be prehistoric, but at least you’re not extinct! Happy birthday!
Whoever said you can’t teach an old dog new tricks never met you.
Don’t stress about your eyesight failing as you get older. It’s nature’s way of protecting you from shock as you walk past the mirror.
You don’t look a day over 16! From a distance, with my eyes closed. Happy birthday!
Happy Easter. Christmas. Independence Day. You know what? Just eat your darn cake!
The secret to staying young is make up… Make up an age, then stick with it! Happy Birthday!
Congratulations on reaching an age where your back goes out more than you do! Happy birthday, and may your joints be as flexible as your sense of humor.
Happy birthday! I’m really glad you were born today. My life would be so totally boring without you there to watch.
A true friend remembers your birthday, but not your age. Happy birthday!
Happy birthday to someone who has attended more birthday parties for kids than adults this year.
Smart, good looking, and funny! But enough about me. Happy birthday!
Happy National [Name] Day!
Like the clothes we covet, you’re not old, but vintage! Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday from one fabulous gal to another!
I hope you celebrate this birthday the way you celebrated the first one: naked and screaming.
Happy birthday! You’re like a fine wine—getting older only makes you more valuable and smell a little funky!
You might be prehistoric, but at least you’re not extinct!
A true friend remembers your birthday but not your age.
Every day we celebrate you… but today, you get a card.
Happy birthday to someone who’s aging like a fine cheese, getting stinkier and more delicious with each passing year!
You’re not old!… Oh, no wait, actually you are, sorry about that… Happy birthday!
Have a drink for me on your birthday! Or two…or four!
It’s your birthday! I’m bringing the fire extinguisher!
Happy Womb Emigration Day.
Birthdays are like golfing — it’s a lot more fun if you don’t keep count!
Everyone gets to be young once. Today it’s official, your turn is over. Happy birthday!
I spent 3 hours searching the internet for the perfect birthday message for you and then I gave up.
I just want to say on your special day, thanks for always being older than me.
You suck at aging! Can you at least try to look older? Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday, bestie! Remember, age is just a number, but in your case, it’s a really high one. Just kidding – you’re like a fine wine, getting better with age. Or maybe just fermented. Cheers!
Cheers to another year of making questionable decisions together!
Is it hotter in here than usual? Must be all the candles on your cake. Happy birthday!
One year closer to being that old guy who yells at kids Get off my lawn! Everyone loves that guy!
On your special day, I wish you peace, love, insight, relaxation, fun, knowledge, romance, friendship… and all that stuff that doesn’t cost anything. Happy Birthday!
Here’s to many more rotations around the sun. May you live to be old and toothless
Happy birthday to a guy who still isn’t showing his age… And definitely not acting it.
You know what they say about more candles… A bigger wish! Happy Birthday.
Happy birthday best friend! Here’s to another year of laughing at our own jokes, dealing with stupid people and keeping each other sane!
Let’s get you so drunk that you end up believing it’s my birthday and buying me drinks all night. Happy birthday!
For your birthday, I wanted to give you something that was both funny and charming, but then I remembered you already have me in your life. Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday! When I grow up I want to be just like you… But hopefully with more hair!
Happy Birthday to someone who doesn’t know how to load a dishwasher or fill the gas tank on her car!
Don’t forget to wear your birthday suit. But make sure you check it for wrinkles first!
I smell old people! Oh, wait no that’s just you. Happy birthday!
May your birthday cake be moist, and may no one use that word to describe it.
Happy birthday! Super glad you were born.
Last year your birthday cake looked like a prairie fire! Keep adding those candles!
Happy birthday — I’m so glad you’ll always be older than me!
Smart, good looking, and funny. But enough about me. Happy birthday!
Thanks for being such a great guy! Great big, that is. Happy birthday!
One minute, you’re young and fun. The next, you have a favorite burner on the stove. I think we both know which you are… Happy birthday!
I can’t tell if life is passing us by or trying to run us over. HBD!
Older? Definitely. Wiser? …mmm debatable. Happy Birthday!
They say the older you are, the wiser you become. At this rate, you’re basically Socrates!
On the occasion of your birthday, here are some words of wisdom just for you. Make sure to keep on smiling, while you still have teeth!
Cheers to the one who knows all my secrets and still decides to be seen in public with me. Happy birthday, bestie!
If anyone calls you old this birthday, just hit him with your walking stick and throw your teeth at him. Happy Birthday!
You’re not getting older; you’re just upgrading to a version with more ‘wisdom’ and fewer ‘teeth.’
So that is it for our list of Short Funny Happy Birthday Wishes. We hope you found the perfect one for you!
For more great ideas, check out our other lists of Short Happy Birthday Wishes for Daughters, Short Happy Birthday Wishes for Sons and Happy Birthday Wishes for Best Friends.
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Laynni Deir
I am Laynni Deir, writer and editor of Purely Lists. There are times when you are looking for inspiration or aren’t sure what to say and I am committed to providing lists of the best quotes, sayings, messages, puns or captions for any occasion. Whether you are looking for a positive quote, a message for a card, a fun saying for a letter board or caption for your next post or story, you will find the perfect option here.
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