Word: jocular
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...came back and saw my little brother graduate from high school. I flew back to Cambridge and started up my job, running the Institute of Politics' Summer in Boston program. A whirlwind of faces, thoughts, impressions: Michael Dukakis--personable, dedicated, jocular, still committed ten years later and a definite true believer. He said, "Politics is still worth getting into. You may not win, but you never know what you're going to get out of it. I lost in '88, but 50 marriages still came out of that campaign...
...jocular Dubliner did seem surprised by the backlash caused by a simple name change. "So what do they want us do?" he demanded. "Put up a sign that says...
Senior members of the Harvard community in the audience reacted to the historic significance of Galbraith's contributions. Students expressed approval of the jocular presentation...
...Often ebullient, even jocular, Aziz answered questions with both patient frankness and that skill of diverting discussion to favorable ground that is essential for diplomats who represent dictators...
...term was considered inoffensive. Over the years, it evolved a huge number of variations, all pejorative, but not, apparently, until the 20th century did it become so execrable a term of opprobrium, especially among whites. Ironically, as Lighter says, many blacks use the N word as an "affectionate, ironic, jocular, or occasional complimentary epithet...