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Recent Examples of tongue-in-cheek
Its sleek production, unforgettable hook, and daring, tongue-in-cheek lyrics helped push dance-pop back into the mainstream.
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Charli’s tongue-in-cheek dig didn’t go unnoticed by Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 20 Apr. 2025
The former song is a tongue-in-cheek, high-tempo promise of love, the latter a heartbreak tune.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2025
Her name might be a tongue-in-cheek nod, but the Drag Race fandom will learn to put some respect on it (and her four-win-strong run of excellence through season 17) after RuPaul crowned the Cleveland queen as the winner of one of the best seasons in recent her-story.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2025
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Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
Charli’s tongue-in-cheek dig didn’t go unnoticed by Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong.
—Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 20 Apr. 2025
The former song is a tongue-in-cheek, high-tempo promise of love, the latter a heartbreak tune.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2025
Her name might be a tongue-in-cheek nod, but the Drag Race fandom will learn to put some respect on it (and her four-win-strong run of excellence through season 17) after RuPaul crowned the Cleveland queen as the winner of one of the best seasons in recent her-story.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tongue-in-cheek
Adjective
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The outright comedy relief (notably Milo Mechem-Miller and Christopher Burnside as Bill-and-Ted-like sidekicks to the Prince) doesn’t quite work; ditto the attempt to paint Snow, the Prince and their friends in flippant modern-youth terms, while simultaneously selling classic fairy-tale romance.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
2 May 2025
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But in the wider community, the word can sound flippant or even objectifying.—
Jeetendr Sehdev,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Given this is an AMA, there is no clear way to tell if Perkins was being facetious or not.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
5 Mar. 2025
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That quip no longer seems so facetious as a son of exiles who fled their homeland prepares to become America’s top diplomat.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN,
8 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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In the absence of such confidence, the aesthetic would be frivolous and decadent, or bitterly ironic.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
13 May 2025
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This is especially — and tragically — ironic because the current problems derive largely from the largest peacetime expansion of the money supply in at least a century.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
11 May 2025
Adjective
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He’s regarded as someone who’s down-to-earth, a tremendous teammate and a dressing room cutup thanks to his quick and wry sense of humour.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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The sense of incidence with which May ’68 plays out, far in the background, speaks to a film for which the political is of little importance, or at least one that reflects the political through wry non-confrontations.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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These final years are sometimes treated as a lost period, because Twain’s writing grew bitter and cynical and unpalatable to those more interested in pleasing escapades.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
9 May 2025
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What makes Kennedy’s order especially cynical is that designing and implementing a clinical trial is an extraordinarily complex, costly and time-consuming process.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2025
Adjective
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This higher elevation, combined with low to moderate levels of rainfall, temperature, and dry weather, all come together to form a pretty ideal environment for growing wine grapes.—
Amanda Ogle,
Travel + Leisure,
18 May 2025
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While much of Sunday will remain dry, scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop from 2-6 p.m., mainly across eastern Kansas before pushing into western Missouri.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
17 May 2025
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Still, Benny’s struggles are emotionally poignant, and once Carmen figures out his secret, the show is able to go to some interesting places.—
Nina Metz Chicago Tribune,
Boston Herald,
16 May 2025
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Over 50 Indigenous designers took part in the weekend, each one debuting avant-garde creations with a poignant cultural flair.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
13 May 2025
Cite this Entry
“Tongue-in-cheek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tongue-in-cheek. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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