Flippant and Joking

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Flippant adjective - Making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred.

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Joking and flippant are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Joking" instead an adjective "Flippant".

Nearby Words: flippancy, flippantly

Joking adjective - Marked by or expressive of mild or good-natured teasing.

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Flippant and joking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Flippant" instead an adjective "Joking".

Nearby Words: joke, joker, joked, jokingly, joky

Blunt "Yes": Prone to happen when a panelist guesses the right answer in a flippant or joking manner.

Source: Series / QI
Sarcastic Confession: "I am actually a genetically altered lab mouse plotting world domination." Also a Running Gag, as pretty much everyone thinks he's joking when he says it (the others think he's being flippant), and Brain himself likely does it for that reason.

Source: Western Animation / Pinky and the Brain
He always has a joking, flippant attitude even around people he's about to backstab (which is everyone), and that does seem to be genuine to the extent that he acts the same way around those he (probably) isn't plotting against.

Source: Faux Affably Evil

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