jocosity

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Noun
  • What marks a show of his is the combination of jocularity and generosity.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025
  • That sense of jeopardy will always beat The Hundred jocularity every time.
    Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Crucial here is that the markets confirm the flippancy found in the previous question, and much more importantly, would have confirmed it then if anyone had been asking.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The flippancy of the title evokes the internet as Purgatory.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The show, with its interest in corporate buffoonery, doesn’t quite manage to hand-wave away the queasy implications.
    Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Receivers have cratered seasons with me-over-we buffoonery.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Any amount of singing or jesting will be heard by all.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Language There’s some crude language, jesting, and mature comedic themes, but but nothing the modern tween or teen hasn’t seen or heard before.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 8 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • There was none of the usual laughing and joking.
    Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Lindsay says that Jesse was serious about asking, but that the make-out would be a joking make-out.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Wars deserve more than improvisation and insouciance.
    Kenneth Zagacki, Sun Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Bruni and fellow icons like Jane Birkin and Françoise Hardy boast the sort of in-her-face fringe that oozes insouciance, a hallmark of the French aesthetic.
    Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Others will tell you that the day and its playfulness were inspired by an Egyptian legend.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2026
  • For example, when Les unleashes the couple's cat Magoo on Lindy, Banks expected a certain level of playfulness.
    Sarah Rodman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Foxx — whose extensive auditions for the role included a piano session with Charles himself — brought vivacity to an otherwise standard biopic chronicling the singer's tumultuous life.
    Devan Coggan, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Somehow, though, none of this really detracts from the minute-to-minute joys of a series so distinct in its characterizations, forward-looking in its plotting, and willing to prioritize vivacity and gratification.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
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“Jocosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jocosity. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.

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