jokelang

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/ˈd͡ʒoʊkˌlæŋ/

noun

A joke language; an absurd constructed language created to amuse others.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

nounjokelang (plural jokelangs)

plural jokelangs

  1. A joke language; an absurd constructed language created to amuse others.

    Hrmitt, my 3rd conlang, as I've said on multiple occasions, started out as a jokelang.

    2024 October 9, H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@qfbox.info>, “Re: The main purpose of a conlang? (was: Let's quickly follow the construction of the Final Human Language)”, in Conlang mailing list, via listserv.brown.edu
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    Hee hee. My brother and I made up a little jokelang with pizza toppings to describe methods of murder, made up after watching some gangster movie where they had some kind of code, so that it sounded like they were talking about one thing while they were actually planning a hit.

    2002 February 26, Nik Taylor <fortytwo@gdn.net>, “Re: halú”, in Conlang mailing list, via listserv.brown.edu

Origin

Syllabic abbreviation of joke language. By surface analysis, joke + -lang.

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APA

jokelang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jokelang

MLA

“jokelang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jokelang. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jokelang,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jokelang.

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