Definition of private joke
:a joke only understood by the few people who know what it refers to
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private
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: intended for or restricted to the use of a particular person, group, or class
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: belonging to or concerning an individual person, company, or interest
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: restricted to the individual or arising independently of others
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: one not in public office
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: privacy
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: private parts
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joke
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: something said or done to provoke laughter
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: the humorous or ridiculous element in something
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: an instance of jesting : kidding
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: to make jokes : jest
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: to make the object of a joke : kid
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