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in-jokey

in-jokey adjective: characteristic of an in-joke.

Adjective

in-jokey (comparative more in-jokey, superlative most in-jokey)

  1. Characteristic of an in-joke.
    • No amount of sartorial or physical detail, no amount of scattergun introspection, can create character (God knows how that miracle is ever accomplished) any more than the frequent, sometimes in-jokey name-dropping—Goldwater.1967, The New York Times Book Review, page 36
    • There are various in-jokey things about it, the main one being the photographs heading each chapter.1972, Australian Book Review, page 254

Examples of in-jokey in a sentence

  • This kind of thing could seem awfully arch and in-jokey if it weren’t done with such fun-sharing affection.1972 March 26, Giles M. Fowler, “‘Doc’ … In Zany Tribute To Screwball Comedy”, in The Kansas City Star, volume 92, number 191, Kansas City...
  • ‘[…]I weep or I laugh when I am writing.’ ‘Which do the reviewers do?’ ‘Fatuous last words.’ ‘That's rather in-jokey.’1973, John Brooks, The Expert, Tom Stacey Ltd, →ISBN, page 120:

Forms of in-jokey

comparativemore in-jokey
superlativemost in-jokey
alternative form (rare)in-joky

Questions about in-jokey

What does in-jokey mean?
In-jokey means characteristic of an in-joke.
How do you use in-jokey in a sentence?
This kind of thing could seem awfully arch and in-jokey if it weren’t done with such fun-sharing affection.
What part of speech is in-jokey?
In-jokey is an adjective.

Words near in-jokey in the dictionary

  1. in-home
  2. in-hospital
  3. in-house
  4. in-joke
  5. in-jokes
  6. in-jokey
  7. in-joky
  8. in-kind
  9. in-lamb
  10. in-law
  11. in-law suite

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