tongue-in-cheek

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Subjects tackled in the art will include deceased celebrities, discontinued chocolate bars, extinct animals and destroyed buildings, presented in "Lycett's usual tongue-in-cheek and childlike style."

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

“If you must join a movement,” he advises, tongue-in-cheek, “make sure there’s dancing.”

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

That's the conundrum at the heart of "The Moment," a tongue-in-cheek mockumentary starring Charli XCX as she grapples with her meteoric rise to fame and tries to prepare for a sell-out arena tour.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

But what transpired was a kind of tongue-in-cheek muscle-man competition that gave each of the men a solo excursion as if emulating the “talent portion” of such affairs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

She put up with the officers asking tongue-in-cheek questions about her procedures.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover