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tongue in cheek

A tongue-in-cheek statement is spoken in a dead serious manner knowing full well that the intent of the statement is a joke.
On the Carol Burnett Show. Tim Conway would do a tongue in cheek routine with a straight face making everyone else on the show crack up laughing.
by rainbow chaser August 16, 2016
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