antijokes
antijokes is the plural of antijoke.
Meaning of antijoke
Noun
antijoke (plural antijokes)
- 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
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- What is antijokes the plural of?
- Antijokes is the plural of antijoke.
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