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antijoke

antijoke noun: a sentence or story that subverts the expectation of a joke, often by being deliberately unfunny or surreal.

Noun

antijoke (plural antijokes)

  1. A sentence or story that subverts the expectation of a joke, often by being deliberately unfunny or surreal.
    • Thank Christ for Carlton. My secret. My lifeline. The inventor of the antijoke. I kid you not. He postulated a category of things that don't make you laugh which he called the antijoke.1999, Eric Idle, The Road to Mars, Knopf Doubleday, →ISBN, page 31

Forms of antijoke

pluralantijokes
alternative formanti-joke

Origin of antijoke

From anti- + joke.

Questions about antijoke

What does antijoke mean?
Antijoke means a sentence or story that subverts the expectation of a joke, often by being deliberately unfunny or surreal.
What part of speech is antijoke?
Antijoke is a noun.
What is the plural of antijoke?
The plural of antijoke is antijokes.

Words near antijoke in the dictionary

  1. antijapanese
  2. antijihadist
  3. antijitter
  4. antijoin
  5. antijoins
  6. antijoke
  7. antijokes
  8. antijudaism
  9. antijudicial
  10. antijudiciary
  11. antijunction

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