The verb 〜すぎる (“do too much / be too…”) is cut to its stem すぎ and used like an exclamation: 食べすぎる → 食べすぎ！, 高すぎる → 高すぎ！, 長すぎ！ On stage it is a common tsukkomi to point out that something is over the top.
A quick comment or tease. Fine with friends and coworkers; with a boss, soften it, e.g. 〜すぎですよ or 〜すぎますね.
Two performers are talking about a ginger-pork dish that tastes very salty, and one explains why.
Too much?!
Textbook塩を入れすぎたんですか。"入れすぎる" is cut to "入れすぎ" as a stand-alone exclamation echoing line 5; the object "塩を" is dropped.
One performer announces they already canceled the Okinawa and Hokkaido trips, having predicted what the other would say.
That's way too much mind-reading!
Textbook読まれすぎでしょう。Passive "読まれる" + "すぎる" is shortened to the noun-like comment "読まれすぎ" ("read way too well"), then "やろ" is added.
At the beach, one performer calls out to a friend named Hanyu about how they are acting.
You're getting way too excited.
Textbookはしゃぎすぎていますよ。Stem 'はしゃぎ' + 'すぎる' becomes the noun-like 'はしゃぎすぎ', used alone as a comment without 'ている' or 'です'.
At a head spa, the staff member says they will pour water on the customer's hair to make the massage easier.
Isn't that a bit too much water?
Textbook少しかけすぎではないでしょうか。'かけすぎる' shortens to the noun 'かけすぎ', followed by casual 'じゃないかな' (polite: 'ではないでしょうか').
One performer is reading out a quiz question, and the other keeps interrupting as each clue is given.
Culture note Suikawari is a summer beach game where a blindfolded person tries to split a watermelon with a stick.
You're way too bad at asking questions!
Textbook出題が下手すぎます。"下手すぎる" drops "る" and becomes the stand-alone comment "下手すぎ" ("way too bad"); the particle "が" is also dropped.
Two performers are complaining about the Japanese habit of holding year-end parties and then New Year parties right after.
Culture note In Japan, coworkers and friends hold bōnenkai (year-end drinking parties) in December and shinnenkai (New Year parties) in January.
Whoa, that's way too many!
Textbookうわ、これは行きすぎでしょう。"行きすぎる" becomes the comment "行きすぎ" ("went way too much"), followed by casual "だろ" for "でしょう".
From other routines in the library. Automatic transcripts, not yet checked line by line.
〜すぎ！ means “way too…!”. The verb 〜すぎる (“do too much / be too…”) is cut to its stem すぎ and used like an exclamation: 食べすぎる → 食べすぎ！, 高すぎる → 高すぎ！, 長すぎ！ On stage it is a common tsukkomi to point out that something is over the top.
With friends: OK. With coworkers: OK. With a boss or teacher: careful. A quick comment or tease. Fine with friends and coworkers; with a boss, soften it, e.g. 〜すぎですよ or 〜すぎますね.
In 2,334 live comedy routines, 〜すぎ！ appears in 198 lines from 103 comedians.