in-joke
/ˈɪnˌd͡ʒoʊk/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.68 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Synonym of inside joke (“a joke that is understood or meant to be understood only by certain people who are aware of the details”).
Example Sentences
- "Well, it’s a bit of an in-joke, but Fred has been going to start that diet “tomorrow” for the last few months."
- "We have an in-joke; whenever someone sings a wrong note, they wipe the mistake off their music with an obvious gesture."
- "Perhaps these quotations arose from some in-joke of Yule’s, but whatever the case the lexicographical worth of these citations is dubious."
- "Intentionally or not, the movie [Ralph Breaks the Internet] makes Disney feel as enormous as the internet itself, containing a series of micro-targeted idiosyncrasies and in-jokes that are nonetheless controlled by a cultural monolith (whether that's Disney or whatever massive corporation owns your local ISP)."
- "The marketing of this relatively new money has so far been limited mostly to ads on trade websites and targeted pushes on social media, where aficionados swap meme-fueled in-jokes about coin values rocketing to the moon."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɪnˌd͡ʒoʊk/
- British English: /ˈɪnˌd͡ʒəʊk/