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• s  cleverly amusing in tone
  tongue-in-cheek advice
• r  in a bantering fashion
• r  not seriously

• Once again, it's a tongue-in-cheek statement, the opposite of what it says.
• Mexican emos are being pounced upon, turning the band Fall Out Boy's tongue-in-cheek song "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" into something unfortunately too literal.
• Mexican emos are being pounced upon, turning the band Fall Out Boy's tongue-in-cheek song "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" into something unfortunately too literal.

• bantering
• facetious
• banteringly
• facetiously
• jokingly

News & Articles

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• Dance leaps out all over this weekend
  Ballet of the Dolls grooves to the sounds of Tijuana in “Cabaret Nudista.” HIJACK (Kristin Van Loon and Arwen Wilder) team up again with New Orleans-based dance/performance artist Scott Heron for “Dance Show #5.” The evening includes Heron’s solo “Lights up a tragedy,” a journey through multiple states of mind, plus “Hijack’s Pink,” a tongue-in-cheek nod to branding, and “Mr. Hijack” featuring ...
  June 13, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
• Belgian tour operator offers 'sick notes' for truant students
  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A Belgian tour operator is offering "sick notes" to families wanting to take their children on holiday before the end of the school term, in a tongue-in-cheek campaign that has drawn strong criticism from education authorities. "We are handing out free sick notes for the last week of June as we believe families should be able to go on holiday for the lowest possible price ...
  June 10, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• ArtsBeat: Tenacious D Unveils Its Festival Supreme, With Sarah Silverman, Adam Sandler and More
  For its Oct. 19 festival of music, comedy and musical comedy acts, Tenacious D has gathered a roster of performers that is nearly worthy of this band’s tongue-in-cheek bravado, including Sarah Silverman, Zach Galifianakis, Adam Sandler and Eric Idle.        
  June 10, 2013 - New York Times

Quotes

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• Jeff Taylor in CNNMoney.com
  Why the name Cranky? Because I get 'cranky' when I get lost in the search quagmire, too,said Taylor, who is 46, in the statement. "I know it's tongue-in-cheek, but you'll never forget the name. And, when I discovered the word 'rank'...
• Adam Goodes in The Age
  I thought it was a bit of tongue-in-cheek. I had a bit of a giggle,said Goodes. "Over the last four to five years I've given away more free kicks than I've actually gotten, so I don't know if I'm protected by the umpires in any respect."