inside joke

noun

: a joke that is understood only by people with special knowledge about something

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However, Rusty Griswold did end up at Disneyland, working as a security guard as an inside joke for fans in a 2019 episode of The Goldbergs. Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2025 This is the story of the most infamous inside joke in cinema history. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 June 2025 That inside joke spurred a parallel to a very real David E. Kelley procedural pilot that was shot in 2005 but never aired. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 20 May 2025 Perhaps this was something of an inside joke, a way to blow off the steam of sibling rivalry. Eric Thomas, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for inside joke

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“Inside joke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inside%20joke. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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