in-jokey
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.43 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characteristic of an in-joke.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "There are various in-jokey things about it, the main one being the photographs heading each chapter."
- "Echoes of familiar films keep popping up everywhere. So in one way (I started to say “at one level,” but pictures like this don’t have levels), “What’s Up, Doc?” is a sort of spot-the-reference game for movie buffs. This kind of thing could seem awfully arch and in-jokey if it weren’t done with such fun-sharing affection."
- "‘[…]I weep or I laugh when I am writing.’ ‘Which do the reviewers do?’ ‘Fatuous last words.’ ‘That's rather in-jokey.’"