Meaning of jokeyness | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“‘The discovery of this woman’s body suddenly threw a complex of apparently unrelated incidents into an integrated whole. You grind⟳ away at routine, you collect⟳ a vast amount of data ninety-per-cent of which is useless and then—some thing happens and Bingo—the other ten-per-cent sits up like⟳ Jacky and Bob’s your uncle.’ He paused, having astonished himself by this intemperate excursion into jokeyness.”

“Innumerable legends surround⟳ Louis [Armstrong]: some about his eating prowess in the old days, many about his unchallengeable strength as a player, some about his jokeyness and lack of respect⟳ for important occasions, others about his devotion to work⟳.”

“With confidence I had begun to see⟳ that the comedy that had become⟳ my writing tone, the ability to make⟳ two or three jokes to the page, the jokeyness that was my double⟳ inheritance from my Trinidad background, however good, however illuminating, was also a way of making peace with a hard world; was on the other side of hysteria.”

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