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n. Informal

A joke originated or appreciated by the members of a particular group.

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in-joke - a joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people

gag, jape, jest, joke, laugh - a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"

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