just kidding

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just kidding

interjection

informal I wasn't serious; it was only a joke. The winner of our trivia game here tonight will receive a prize of a million dollars. Just kidding! It's a fifty-dollar gift card.
Similar: jk, JK, j/k, not, psych

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intj I wasn’t serious; it was only a joke

Português	brincadeira, tô brincando

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@misc{just_kidding_2026,
  title = {just kidding},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/just%20kidding},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}