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nonjoke

nonjoke noun: a story, utterance, etc. that is not a joke.

Noun

nonjoke (plural nonjokes)

  1. A story, utterance, etc. that is not a joke.
    • And if the computer did produce a joke, it could not separate it from the nonjokes.1982, Wallace I. Matson, Sentience
    • Whether either the dumb joke or the nonjoke is funny is hardly a question that arouses the passions or that we much care about […]2008, Kendall L. Walton, Marvelous images: on values and the arts

Forms of nonjoke

pluralnonjokes

Origin of nonjoke

From non- + joke.

Questions about nonjoke

What does nonjoke mean?
Nonjoke means a story, utterance, etc. that is not a joke.
What part of speech is nonjoke?
Nonjoke is a noun.
What is the plural of nonjoke?
The plural of nonjoke is nonjokes.

Words near nonjoke in the dictionary

  1. nonjoined
  2. nonjoiner
  3. nonjoiners
  4. nonjoining
  5. nonjoint
  6. nonjoke
  7. nonjokes
  8. nonjournalist
  9. nonjournalistic
  10. nonjournalists
  11. nonjoyous

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