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An in joke is a joke whose humour is clear only to those people who are in a group that has some prior knowledge (not known by the whole population) that makes the joke humorous. Also called an inside joke.
This group of people could be, for example:
- a nuclear family or (parts of) an extended family
- just a few people who work together
- people of the same vocation or profession
- residents of a particular town or region
- viewers of a particular television series or cult movie
- readers of a particular book or series of books
- users of the same computer or computer software
- a group of friends
- practitioners of a particular craft, art, or science
In jokes sometimes appear in film and television. Such jokes may be visual (for example, a movie theatre marquee shown in the background of a scene might display the title of one of the film director's other works), or delivered in dialogue. In-jokes can also take the form of homages to other films or television series.
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