Joke and Tactic

Joke

Joke noun - Something said or done to cause laughter.

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Tactic and joke are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tactic" instead a noun "Joke".

Nearby Words: joking, joker, jokey, joked, jokingly

Tactic noun - A plan for attaining a particular goal.

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Joke and tactic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Joke" instead a noun "Tactic".

Nearby Words: tact, tactics, tactical, tactician, tactically

old	old joke	old tactic
good	good joke	good tactic
best	best joke	best tactic
exact	exact joke	exact tactic
Other adjectives: particular, similar, common, standard, single, offensive, obvious, simple, dirty, cheap, popular, actual, real, bad, main, deliberate, practical, new, frequent, classic, recurring.

A common tactic is to blatantly insult the victim, then claim it's "just a joke" when they get upset and making them seem bad for over-reacting.

Source: "Just Joking" Justification
Different from Joke Character, Lethal Joke Character or not, as this character is intended to be a viable option without resorting to an obscure tactic.

Source: Mechanically Unusual Fighter
One popular tactic for breaking meta game is/was to run the entire team with teleport summoner spells and all push mid lane at once to quickly overwhelm the enemy mid laner (which is where previously Joke Characters like Heimerdinger who excelled at pushing became very useful).

Source: Metagame

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