See in-joke on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "From in (“having familiarity or involvement with somebody”, adjective) + joke.",
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"text": "Well, it’s a bit of an in-joke, but Fred has been going to start that diet “tomorrow” for the last few months.",
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"text": "We have an in-joke; whenever someone sings a wrong note, they wipe the mistake off their music with an obvious gesture.",
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"ref": "2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, →DOI, page 494:",
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"ref": "2018 November 14, Jesse Hassenger, “Disney Goes Viral with an Ambitious, Overstuffed Wreck-It Ralph Sequel”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 2019-11-21:",
"text": "Intentionally or not, the movie [Ralph Breaks the Internet] makes Disney feel as enormous as the internet itself, containing a series of micro-targeted idiosyncrasies and in-jokes that are nonetheless controlled by a cultural monolith (whether that's Disney or whatever massive corporation owns your local ISP).",
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"Synonym of inside joke (“a joke that is understood or meant to be understood only by certain people who are aware of the details”)"
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