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joke
1 a: something said or done to provoke laughter
; especially : a brief oral narrative with a climactic humorous twist b
(1): the humorous or ridiculous element in something
(2): an instance of jesting : kidding <can't take a joke> c: practical joke d: laughingstock2: something not to be taken seriously : a trifling matter <consider his skiing a joke
— Harold Callender> —often used in negative constructions <it is no joke to be lost in the desert>
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