nonjoke en · NOUN
Etymology
From non- + joke.
Meanings
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A story, utterance, etc. that is not a joke.
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:And if the computer did produce a joke, it could not separate it from the nonjokes.
1982, Wallace I. Matson, Sentience:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| nonjokes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |