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tongue-in-cheek
adjective as in ironic and insincere
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Content under the #RaptureTok ranges from solemn warnings to earnest prep, and plenty of tongue-in-cheek advice.
“I really try to make it feel put together, but always with a bit of irony or something tongue-in-cheek.”
So when the jumbotron section of the show starts on Friday, Martin issues a tongue-in-cheek disclaimer.
Kirk often referred tongue-in-cheek to his lack of a college degree when engaging in debates with students and academics on esoteric topics such as post-modernism.
Carney’s affectionate salute to the local hero had one line that tickled the crowd — “As Uncle Buck said,” the PM intoned with tongue-in-cheek gravitas — and pointed political jabs that got people clapping.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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