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fourth-wall joke

fourth-wall joke is the alternative form of fourth wall joke.

Meaning of fourth wall joke

Noun

fourth wall joke (plural fourth wall jokes)

  1. A joke that intentionally draws attention to the illusion of separation between the audience and the fiction itself.

Forms of fourth-wall joke

pluralfourth-wall jokes

Questions about fourth-wall joke

What is fourth-wall joke the alternative form of?
Fourth-wall joke is the alternative form of fourth wall joke.

Words near fourth-wall joke in the dictionary

  1. fourth-dimensionally
  2. fourth-party logistics
  3. fourth-rate
  4. fourth-rates
  5. fourth-wall
  6. fourth-wall joke
  7. fourth-wall jokes
  8. fourth-walls
  9. fourth-wave feminism
  10. fourthed
  11. fourthhand

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