kid on the square

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To be joking, but at the same time really mean it.
    — "I'm kiddin' on the square," said Hanks.

词形变化

kids on the square present,singular,third-person kidding on the square participle,present kidded on the square participle,past kidded on the square past

词源

Dates back to the early 20th century. Later popularized by Mose Allison in his 1983 song "Kidding on the Square" on the album Middle Class White Boy (described in the liner notes as "joking with serious intent") and later by Al Franken describing the negative reaction of Paul Wolfowitz to one of his jokes in the 2003 book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them.
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