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English
Adjective
in-jokey (comparative more in-jokey, superlative most in-jokey)
- Characteristic of an in-joke.
1967, The New York Times Book Review, page 36:No amount of sartorial or physical detail, no amount of scattergun introspection, can create character (God knows how that miracle is ever accomplished) any more than the frequent, sometimes in-jokey name-dropping—Goldwater.
1972, Australian Book Review, page 254:There are various in-jokey things about it, the main one being the photographs heading each chapter.
1972 March 26, Giles M. Fowler, “‘Doc’ … In Zany Tribute To Screwball Comedy”, in The Kansas City Star, volume 92, number 191, Kansas City, Mo., page 1 G:Echoes of familiar films keep popping up everywhere. So in one way (I started to say “at one level,” but pictures like this don’t have levels), “What’s Up, Doc?” is a sort of spot-the-reference game for movie buffs. This kind of thing could seem awfully arch and in-jokey if it weren’t done with such fun-sharing affection.
1973, John Brooks, The Expert, Tom Stacey Ltd, →ISBN, page 120:‘[…] I weep or I laugh when I am writing.’ ‘Which do the reviewers do?’ ‘Fatuous last words.’ ‘That's rather in-jokey.’