Dictionary

jokey en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English joke Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English jokey From joke + -y.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of joky.
   alt 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:
   • 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 14, Mariel Hope Cooksey, The Alt-Right and Christianity, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2021, page 40:

Forms

Deriveds

jokeyness