in-jokey

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1. Characteristic of an in-joke.

   There are various in-jokey things about it, the main one being the photographs heading each chapter.

   1972, Australian Book Review, page 254

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   No amount of sartorial or physical detail, no amount of scattergun introspection, can create character (God knows how that miracle is ever accomplished) any more than the frequent, sometimes in-jokey name-dropping—Goldwater.

   1967, The New York Times Book Review, page 36

   Echoes of familiar films keep popping up everywhere. So in one way (I started to say “at one level,” but pictures like this don’t have levels), “What’s Up, Doc?” is a sort of spot-the-reference game for movie buffs. This kind of thing could seem awfully arch and in-jokey if it weren’t done with such fun-sharing affection.

   1972 March 26, Giles M. Fowler, “‘Doc’ … In Zany Tribute To Screwball Comedy”, in The Kansas City Star, volume 92, number 191, Kansas City, Mo., page 1 G

   ‘[…]I weep or I laugh when I am writing.’ ‘Which do the reviewers do?’ ‘Fatuous last words.’ ‘That's rather in-jokey.’

   1973, John Brooks, The Expert, Tom Stacey Ltd, →ISBN, page 120