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jollying

verb

present participle of jolly

as in joking

to make jokes spent their nights around the campfire good-naturedly jollying and telling scary stories

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joking

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If everyone is joking about one line in the comments, use it.

— Kelly Samuel, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
The end of the segment got fully derailed as Sheinelle and Leslie kept joking while Bush Hager tried to segue to an ad break.

— Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026

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