in-joke
笑话,戏言,插曲,戏称
Definitions
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- : a joke that can be understood or appreciated only by the members of a limited group of people.
Examples
Policemen on the show joke about prison riots, bomb threats, and the shooting of unarmed civilians.
This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.
Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.
A running joke inside the tribe is that the group is like that club with a hundred people waiting outside to get in.
Earl Spencer adds, “Effectively, my great-grandfather sold his children to his father-in-law.”
The patriarchal decree of the government was a good deal of a joke on the plains, anyway—except when you were caught defying it!
Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!
Mr. Crow was rocking back and forth on his perch, for a joke—on anybody except himself—always delighted him.
Well, thinks I, this is no joke sure, at this lick I'll have family enuff to do me in a few years.
The commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.