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Just kidding. Tacked onto the end of a statement to retroactively flag it as a joke, often because the speaker isn't sure the tone landed. Sometimes used dishonestly to soften a comment that was, in fact, meant seriously.
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- joking72%
(British, US, Ireland, colloquial, transitive) Kidding, trying to fool.
- joking68%
The act of telling or engaging in jokes.
- it's a joke, Joyce67%
(Australia, informal) That was a joke, so don't take it seriously.
- JW65%
Just wondering. Tacked onto the end of a question to soften it, signalling that the asker is curious rather than demanding an answer. Common as a polite preface in DMs before a slightly nosy question.
- I'm not being funny63%
(UK, idiom) Used as a softening preface to a statement that might be taken as offensive or malicious.