what does tongue in cheek mean?

Answer 1

if you have your tongue pressed into your cheek it is easier to bite your tongue to keep from laughing out loud so as to give away that you are just kidding around and keep the joke going a little longer

Answer 2

According to Wikipedia, The term first appeared in print in the book The Ingoldsby Legends by Richard Harris Barham, published in 1845. The author uses the term describing a Frenchman:

He fell to admiring his friend's English watch.
He examined the face,
And the back of the case,
And the young Lady's portrait there, done on enamel, he
Saw by the likeness was one of the family;
Cried 'Superbe! Magnifique!' (With his tongue in his cheek)
Then he open'd the case, just to take a peep in it, and
Seized the occasion to pop back the minute hand.

Tongue-in-cheek humour in fiction often takes the form of gentle parodies. Such stories seem to abide by the conventions of an established serious genre, while in reality, they gently poke fun at some aspects of that genre. A tongue-in-cheek work still relies on these conventions and is not the same as a farce. Good examples of films that are made in a tongue-in-cheek way are An American Werewolf in London, Scream, or True Lies. Note that these films are still faithful to their genre (horror and spy, respectively) and are not out-and-out parodies such as Airplane!.

Answer 3

Sarcastically, sort of. Like, "Oh, yeah, Lindsay's diet plan is a great way to stay healthly and lose weight!"

Answer 4

it is similar to fork tongue with a dash of sarcasm.

Answer 5

Sarcastically or jokingly, not seriously intending what has been said.

Answer 6

Something that's said ironically or jokingly.

Answer 7

it means the person is joking

Answer 8

It means a great Relient K album.

Answer 9

i've been wondering that myself, some people have told me it means awkward and other people told it means sarcasm

Answer 10

Try Wikipedia.