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Tom Stoppard co-wrote the script and has such affection for Shakespeare that the film is chock-full of in-jokes for Bard aficionados.
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
My long-distance boyfriend often addressed letters with silly names or in-jokes.
—A.s. King, TIME, 21 Feb. 2025
None of these moans are intended to dismiss the importance of clever in-jokes and references to past adventures.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2025
After all the meta in-jokes, all the celebrity cameos, all the cutaways to the big boss looming offstage, there’s hardly any room left for laughs.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 13 Feb. 2025
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
My long-distance boyfriend often addressed letters with silly names or in-jokes.
—A.s. King, TIME, 21 Feb. 2025
None of these moans are intended to dismiss the importance of clever in-jokes and references to past adventures.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2025
After all the meta in-jokes, all the celebrity cameos, all the cutaways to the big boss looming offstage, there’s hardly any room left for laughs.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 13 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for in-joke
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“In-joke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in-joke. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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