"nonjoke" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: nonjokes [plural]
Etymology: From non- + joke. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|non|joke}} non- + joke Head templates: {{en-noun}} nonjoke (plural nonjokes)
  1. A story, utterance, etc. that is not a joke.

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1982, Wallace I. Matson, Sentience:",
          "text": "And if the computer did produce a joke, it could not separate it from the nonjokes.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Kendall L. Walton, Marvelous images: on values and the arts:",
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