The act of telling or engaging in jokes.
(British, US, Ireland, colloquial, transitive) Kidding, trying to fool.
Twenty euros cover charge? You're joking me!
"joking" means: Kidding, trying to fool.. This is informal slang, common in casual speech, texting and social media, but not appropriate for school work, applications or professional settings. There is no real cause for concern in itself; it is everyday peer vocabulary. If your child uses it, a light comment about audience and register is usually enough — no need to escalate. Context, more than the word, tells you whether to follow up.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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Not sure if you’re joking, but I would suggest using the Irish sign language for ‘thank you’. It can be done with one hand.
"joking" means: Kidding, trying to fool.. Register: informal slang, fine in casual conversation, texting and social media but not in academic essays, business writing or formal speech. Note the regional or dialect label (British) — usage may sound odd outside that variety. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“I was mostly joking around, but that’s not what it said. It said calling out the brain damage slop addiction causes is ableist, which is goofy.”
“Dang you gotta be joking I missed it”
“Not sure if you’re joking, but I would suggest using the Irish sign language for ‘thank you’. It can be done with one hand.”
“I'm not joking or exaggerating when I say I'm in tears about this.”
“i'm not even joking that i think that, to whatever extent marketing makes any difference for gas stations as opposed to just location/convenience and price (i'm sure not much), this is genius.”
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The act of telling or engaging in jokes.
“I wasn't joking around when I said that only person has ever loved my work and it was for one week in September 2024. I have mixed feelings about that but I'll always be grateful that someone cared enough even though it was a little while a couple years ago.”
“Here’s the thing: he’s not joking. Narcissists genuinely believe they are completely perfect human beings. Whenever Trump is praising himself no matter the context, that’s something he truly and sincerely believes. So in this instance he completely means what he says here.”
“Also, I am joking that no man could make this movie work.”
“I wonder if $BLZE is a few quarters away like today’s from pulling off a $AXTI Not joking either!”
“ᅠ I THOUGHT HE WAS JOKING HAVE I BEEN SYSTEMATICALLY POPPING A WATERLINE OF BUBBLES ᅠ”
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