{"id":780,"date":"2008-07-23T09:56:38","date_gmt":"2008-07-23T14:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=780"},"modified":"2014-05-28T11:22:58","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T16:22:58","slug":"joke-whats-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=780","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;joke&#8217;? what&#8217;s that???"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">Hi aska,<\/span><\/em><\/strong><strong><em><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">I was just browsing through your site and something caught my eye. Below I&#8217;ve copied and pasted a Top 5 list you have on one of your pages. It looks like it might be some sort of typo or error of some kind, but have a close look at the #4 thing on this list. I&#8217;m not offended I just thought I&#8217;d make you aware if you aren&#8217;t already. Here&#8217;s the URL as well:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?page_id=689<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><!--more--><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">From Dictionary.com:<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">?<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><\/span><span><strong>joke<\/strong> <em>noun <\/em><\/span><span><strong>joked, joking, <\/strong><em>verb<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><em>?<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><em>-noun<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">1. something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act:<em> He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.<\/em><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">2. something that is amusing or ridiculous, esp. because of being ludicrously inadequate or a sham; a thing, situation, or person laughed at rather than taken seriously; farce: <em>Their pretense of generosity is a joke. An officer with no ability to command is a joke.<\/em><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">3. a matter that need not be taken very seriously; trifling matter: <em>The loss was no joke.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">4. something that does not present the expected challenge; something very easy: <em>The test was a joke for the whole class.<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">?<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">5. PRACTICAL JOKE<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">?<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"> <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><em>-verb (used without object)<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">6. to speak or act in a playful or merry way: <em>He was always joking with us.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">7. to say something in fun or teasing rather than in earnest; be facetious: <em>He didn?t really mean it, he was only joking.<\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><em>?<\/em><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><em>-Related forms <\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">jokeless,<em>?adjective. <\/em>jokingly,<em>?<\/em><\/span><em><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">adverb.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\">?<\/span><\/em><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><em><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-CA\"><span><em>-Synonyms:<\/em> <span>?<\/span>wisecrack, gag, jape, prank, quip, quirk, sally, raillery.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><!-- google_ad_section_end(name=def) --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi aska,I was just browsing through your site and something caught my eye. Below I&#8217;ve copied and pasted a Top 5 list you have on one of your pages. It looks like it might be some sort of typo or error of some kind, but have a close look at the #4 thing on this list. I&#8217;m not offended I just thought I&#8217;d make you aware if you aren&#8217;t already. 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