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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(historical) A type of telephone service where people can call to listen to prerecorded jokes.
Two decades ago, Stephen Gary Wozniak owned the first dial-a-joke service in the San Francisco Bay area.
Use dial-a-joke when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dial-a-joke means (historical) A type of telephone service where people can call to listen to prerecorded jokes.
Common synonyms include joke line.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Two decades ago, Stephen Gary Wozniak owned the first dial-a-joke service in the San Francisco Bay area.
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