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or yucked
as in kidded
to make jokes
pay no mind to those clowns—they are just yukking it up and don't mean any harm
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Wightman, who did not defend his world title in 2023 and missed the last summer’s Olympics because of injury, has joked that middle and long-distance running could be considered Scotland’s national sport.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025 -
Coon joked to Rolling Stone in 2018 about the connection between her childhood and parenting.—
Avalon Hester,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
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The announcement was made during a special episode of Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast, which previously teased the shakeup in an Instagram post the night prior.—
Kelsie Gibson,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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Of all the elements of their final fight teased in the show’s opening sequence, only the pool and the bloodied heel are of consequence.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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And the feeling was mutual, Meyers quipped on Tuesday.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Marc Andreessen once quipped that the future of business is just bundling and unbundling in cycles.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Yukked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yukked. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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