in-joke
noun/ˈɪnˌd͡ʒəʊk/UK/ˈɪnˌd͡ʒoʊk/US
Etymology
From in (“having familiarity or involvement with somebody”, adjective) + joke.
Definitions
Synonym of inside joke (“a joke that is understood or meant to be understood only by…
Synonym of inside joke (“a joke that is understood or meant to be understood only by certain people who are aware of the details”).
- Well, it’s a bit of an in-joke, but Fred has been going to start that diet “tomorrow” for the last few months.
- We have an in-joke; whenever someone sings a wrong note, they wipe the mistake off their music with an obvious gesture.
- Perhaps these quotations arose from some in-joke of Yule’s, but whatever the case the lexicographical worth of these citations is dubious.
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No curated loop yet for in-joke. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA