jokey
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.43 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Alternative spelling of joky.
Example Sentences
- "They have successfully adopted internet culture and continue to appeal to the insecurity and anger of white kids in America, giving them a space to funnel their youthful anxieties into jokey anti-Semitism and a feeling of group belonging under the umbrella of white/Christian nationalism (whether they believe in it or not)."
- "In “Question,” Schneider bounces between bloggier, jokier chapters (“Why in God’s Name Did They Make ‘Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue’?”) and more revealing, still jokey ones, about her gender transition and other formative experiences (“So if You’re Trans, Does That Mean You Like Guys?”)."
Etymology
Etymology tree English joke Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English jokey From joke + -y.