Helen Nguyen
2020-12-20 02:12
Joshing me American humorous verb phrase
My friends were always joshing me about my new hair.
He's just joshing you, so don't take his word for it.
The key element of funny speech and writing is shortness.
a joke, idea, or suggestion falls flat, meaning that it does not achieve the intended effect.
A joking phrase used when someone receives a small amount of money
To tease someone.
Something that regularly causes amusement whenever it is mentioned
The expression ‘Joshing Me’ can be derived from the late 1800s, when a young man named Josh Tatum noticed that nickels minted in 1883 were almost the same as five-dollar gold pieces in terms of size and design. He and a friend began to electroplate these coins and pass them off as five-dollar pieces, eventually amassing a small fortune before being caught.
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