cosmic joker

noun

A higher power who is responsible for various anomalous phenomena on Earth, and whose manifestations are of a perverse and black-humored nature.

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Meanings

nouncosmic joker (plural cosmic jokers)

plural cosmic jokers

  1. A higher power who is responsible for various anomalous phenomena on Earth, and whose manifestations are of a perverse and black-humored nature.

Origin

A term attributed to author Charles Fort. The exact term does not appear in Fort's writings, but related terms and concepts certainly do, such that later writers acknowledge and attribute Fort for the phrase.

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APA

cosmic joker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cosmic%20joker

MLA

“cosmic joker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cosmic%20joker. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cosmic joker,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cosmic%20joker.

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