jokey

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A form of joky — in the nature of a joke; jocular

UncommonScrabble 19

Meanings

adjectivejokey (comparative jokier, superlative jokiest)

comparative jokier · superlative jokiest

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of joky.

    In “Question,” Schneider bounces between bloggier, jokier chapters (“Why in God’s Name Did They Make ‘Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue’?”) and more revealing, still jokey ones, about her gender transition and other formative experiences (“So if You’re Trans, Does That Mean You Like Guys?”).

    2023 October 3, Margaret Lyons, “For This ‘Jeopardy!’ Champ, Winning Came Before the Buzzer”, in The New York Times Book Review, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2023
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    They have successfully adopted internet culture and continue to appeal to the insecurity and anger of white kids in America, giving them a space to funnel their youthful anxieties into jokey anti-Semitism and a feeling of group belonging under the umbrella of white/Christian nationalism (whether they believe in it or not).

    2020 December 28, Mariel Hope Cooksey, The Alt-Right and Christianity, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2021, page 40

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*yek-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*yókos
  3. Proto-Italic*jokos
  4. Latiniocus
  5. Englishjoke
  6. Englishjokey

From joke + -y.

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APA

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

MLA

“jokey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jokey. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jokey,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jokey.

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