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/ˈɪnˌd͡ʒəʊk/ · 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”)..
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.
Use in-joke when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
In-joke means Synonym of inside joke (“a joke that is understood or meant to be understood only by certain people who are aware of the details”)..
Common synonyms include private joke, inside joke.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Well, it’s a bit of an in-joke, but Fred has been going to start that diet “tomorrow” for the last few months.
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