Phrase guide

it's a joke, Joyce

intj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

No pronunciation record was provided for this word.

1

intj

Meaning 1

That was a joke, so don't take it seriously.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Slight alteration of "That was a joke, Joyce," catchphrase of George Wilson (played by Graham Kennedy) spoken to his wife Joyce (Rosie Sturgess) in The Wilsons, a segment featured regularly on Kennedy-presented show In Melbourne Tonight in the 1960s.