jokes

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəʊks/
• (US) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒoʊks/

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• Rhymes: -əʊks

Noun

jokes

1. plural of joke

Adjective

jokes (comparative more jokes, superlative most jokes)

1. (UK, MTE, slang) Really good.
   • 1998 October 14, Spon842187, “MMMMMM...I taste yummy =:-)”, in alt.personals.teen‎^[1] (Usenet), message-ID <NA>:

     this thing is so jokes...i think it would be wack if someone responded to this.. but plz do cause that would be, like, some cool shit.

   • 2008, Zetsu, “Floaters and gravity”, in sci.med.vision (Usenet):

     Andrew VS Neil and Mike is totally jokes! I love it when Andrew gets pissed, lol. It's so cool!

   • 2010, Richard Hoffman, It Always Rains in November‎^[2], page 199:

     “Nah, fuck it. I've got a condom. It'll be jokes.”

   • July 2012, Lily Allen, quoted in the Huffington Post [3]

     Dappy's new tune is jokes, in a good way. Thoroughly entertaining and insightful which is more than I can say for most things on the radio.

2. (UK, MTE, slang) funny or entertaining.

   Man, that video is bare jokes!

References

• The Guardian, 2007 [4]

Verb

jokes

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of joke

Anagrams

• ojeks