He told an anti-joke at the party, and the silence stretched longer than any punchline.

His collection of anti-jokes baffled everyone at the party.

He tried to one-up her with a smug comment about her project, but the joke's on someone — his remark only made him look foolish.

At family reunions, our running jokes about my uncle's tall tales never get old.

At the office holiday party, Mark thought it was funny to tell a blonde joke, but several colleagues found it offensive.

He said he'd quit if the project failed, but it sounded like a half joke.

I half joke about retiring early, but I'm actually saving aggressively.

She half-jokes about quitting, but you can tell she's serious.

Her speeches were full of half jokes that left the audience unsure whether to laugh.

He responded to every compliment with half-jokes, unsure if people would take him seriously.