"just kidding" meaning in English

See just kidding in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

  1. (informal) I wasn't serious; it was only a joke. Tags: informal Related terms: jk [alternative], JK [alternative], j/k [alternative], in Minecraft (english: likewise sometimes childish imagined to be a magic-wand protection from responsibility for one's own words), not [interjection], psych [interjection], ^H, ^W

Alternative forms

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