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Joking Apart — Infobox Television show name = Joking Apart caption = The opening title is superimposed over a stack of legal documents. format = Sitcom picture format = 4:3 runtime = 30 minutes creator = Steven Moffat director = Bob Spiers starring = Robert… … Wikipedia
List of Joking Apart episodes — This is a list of television episodes from the British television sitcom Joking Apart . Broadcast on BBC2, Joking Apart is about the rise and fall of a relationship, juxtaposing a couple, Mark (Robert Bathurst) and Becky (Fiona Gillies), who meet … Wikipedia
jocose — adjective Etymology: Latin jocosus, from jocus joke Date: 1673 1. given to joking ; merry 2. characterized by joking ; humorous Synonyms: see witty • jocosely adverb • jocoseness … New Collegiate Dictionary
jocular — adjective amusing, arch, comic, diverting, facetious, frisky, frivolous, frolicsome, full of fun, funny, gamesome, gay, given to joking, gleeful, gleesome, hilarious, humorous, iocosus, iocularis, jesting, jocose, jocund, joking, jolly, joshing,… … Law dictionary
jesting — /ˈdʒɛstɪŋ/ (say jesting) adjective 1. given to joking; playful. 2. fit for joking; unimportant; trivial: no jesting matter. –noun 3. pleasantry; triviality. –jestingly, adverb …
Sierra Leone Creole people — infobox ethnic group group = The Sierra Leone Creole poptime =339,917 5.4% of Sierra Leone s populationFamous Sierra Leoneans from the Krio ethnic group: Monty Jones, Valentine Strasser, Adelaide Casely Hayford, Andrew Juxon Smith, Herbert George … Wikipedia
joker — noun Date: 1729 1. a. a person given to joking ; wag b. fellow, guy; especially an insignificant, obnoxious, or incompetent person < a shame to let a joker like this win Harold Robbins > 2. a playing card added to a pack as a wild card or as the… … New Collegiate Dictionary
jokey — also joky adjective (jokier; est) Date: circa 1825 1. given to joking 2. humorous, comical 3. amusingly ridiculous ; laughable • jokily adverb • jokiness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
jokey — adjective or joky ˈjōkē (often jokier often jokiest) : given to joking : waggish a jokey old bird Sinclair Lewis * * * jokily, adv … Useful english dictionary
Plains Indian — a member of any of the American Indian tribes, as those of the Algonquian, Athabascan, Caddoan, Kiowa, Siouan, or Uto Aztecan linguistic families, that formerly inhabited the Great Plains. All were more or less nomadic, following the buffalo, and … Universalium
