What is an in-joke?Do you have one to share?

心存善念
楼主 (文学峸)

An in-joke, also known as an inside joke or in joke, is a joke whose humor is clear only to people who are in a particular social group, occupation, or other community of common understanding; an esoteric joke. It is humorous only to those who know the situation behind it. (Source: Wikipedia)

 

In-joke,也叫inside jokein joke,是只有在同一个社交圈子、职业或者思维理解方式一致的群体内才明白的幽默,即“圈内人的幽默”。只有那些了解事件背景的人才能明白其中的幽默之处。

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chuntianle
继续赞。祝好。
心存善念
谢春天!你们音乐人士有什么in-joke吗?
心存善念
妖妖,医生有什么in-joke?
妖妖灵
比如说有时烦人的meeting取消,大家都很开心。有人开玩笑说:“I miss it!”这个算吗?
天边一片白云
Got this one.

 Why was the new head IT official of IBM hospitalized? Because he didn't know and accidentally touched the firewall.

心存善念
哈哈,a good IT in-joke
心存善念
如果不是医生也这样说,那不能算:))
心存善念
what about this one? does it make sense to you?

I got paged at 3AM to the SICU. I called them, a bit curious as to what was going on, as 3AM calls to the neurologist rarely come from the SICU.

 

When I introduced myself as the on-call neurologist, the very southern-sounding nurse loudly exclaimed:

"Neurology? I wanted Urology. I got the wrong end!"

妖妖灵
哈哈哈,这属于发音有问题:)
心存善念
what about this?

Artery: The study of fine paintings

Bacteria: Back door to cafeteria 
Barium: What doctors do when patients die

Catscan: Searching for kitty 
Cauterize: Made eye contact with her 
Coma: A punctuation mark.

D&C: Where Washington is

Enema: Not a friend 
ER: The things on your head that you hear with

Fester: Quicker than someone else

Genes: Blue denim slacks 
G.I. Series: World Series of military baseball

Hemorrhoid: A male from outer space

Impotent: Distinguished, well-known

Medical Staff: A doctor's cane 
Morbid: A higher offer than I bid

Nitrates: Cheaper than day rates

Organ Transplant: What you do to your piano when you move 
Outpatient: A person who has fainted

Pap Smear: Making fun of Dad 
Pathalogical: A reasonable way to go 
Pharmacist: Person who makes a living dealing in agriculture 
Pelvis: Second cousin to Elvis 
Post Operative: A letter carrier

Recovery Room: Place to do upholstery 
Rectum: Almost killed him 
Red Blood Count: Dracula

Secretion: Hiding something 
Seizure: Roman Emperor

Terminal Illness: Getting sick at the airport. 
Thorax: A Dr. Seuss character 
Triple Bypass: Better than a quarterback sneak 
Tumor: More than one, an extra pair

Varicose: Near by/close by 
Vein : Conceited

妖妖灵
这个你说了算!:)
心存善念
这个我看了一头雾水 :D
妖妖灵
英文是“Head up in the clouds”吗?:)
心存善念
不太相同

head up in the clouds 更多是说脱离现实

一头雾水 是 confused or lost, similar saying is "it's all greek to me"

疏影笑寒
Cool!
妖妖灵
The meeting is so long that I might have a DVT now!:)
心存善念
哈哈,only doctors in the room will laugh :))
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Zhuzitaba
What is Chemistry?

Chem is try!

妖妖灵
A good one!
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Zhuzitaba
解释一下

英文化学Chemistry在很多情况下简称为Chem,如Chem 9578(一门化学课程)。

Chem is try意即化学是一门试验科学

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chuntianle
回复善念:我现在没有in-joke的笑话例子。但英语论坛对“春天音乐”友好开放的态度让我发出感慨。和in-joke有点关联。