nonjoke

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noun

A story, utterance, etc. that is not a joke.

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Meanings

nounnonjoke (plural nonjokes)

plural nonjokes

  1. A story, utterance, etc. that is not a joke.

    And if the computer did produce a joke, it could not separate it from the nonjokes.

    1982, Wallace I. Matson, Sentience
    1 more example

    Whether either the dumb joke or the nonjoke is funny is hardly a question that arouses the passions or that we much care about […]

    2008, Kendall L. Walton, Marvelous images: on values and the arts

Origin

From non- + joke.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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