in-joky

comparative more in-joky · superlative most in-joky

1. rareRare spelling of in-jokey.

   Selfmade Music Theatre’s plan to demystify and develop opera is laudable, but this odd, in-joky piece isn’t the way to do it.

   1996 February 21, Nick Curtis, “The Self-made show of modern-day dropouts”, in Evening Standard, page 50

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   As it is, with in-joky program bios and little in the way of song introductions, “Out of Hiding” brings its music into the light but leaves its creators in the shadows.

   1989 September 15, Scott Rosenberg, “S.F. stage composers get a reprise of sorts in ‘Everything’”, in San Francisco Examiner, 125th year, number 83, page C-11

   Robert Altman’s Prêt-à-Porter took the world of Catwalk and made it into a great film about fame, media, dreams and image. Catwalk is just a celluloid fanzine, a 95-minute authorised industry fame-fest that is tame and predictable. Mostly it’s the kind of chaotic, in-joky, dialogue-scrambled, giggly doco-mess that was sent up in This Is Spinal Tap.

   1996 May 16, Anna Maria Dell’oso, “Homage to hips and lips”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, page 14