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metajoke

metajoke noun: a joke whose humour arises from its subversion of the usual conventions of humour.

Noun

metajoke (plural metajokes)

  1. A joke whose humour arises from its subversion of the usual conventions of humour.

Forms of metajoke

pluralmetajokes

Origin of metajoke

From meta- + joke.

Questions about metajoke

What does metajoke mean?
Metajoke means a joke whose humour arises from its subversion of the usual conventions of humour.
What part of speech is metajoke?
Metajoke is a noun.
What is the plural of metajoke?
The plural of metajoke is metajokes.

Words near metajoke in the dictionary

  1. metainformation
  2. metainformational
  3. metainformative
  4. metaiodobenzylguanidine
  5. Metairie
  6. metajoke
  7. metajokes
  8. metajuridical
  9. metakahlerite
  10. metakaolin
  11. metakaolinite

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