just kidding

English

Interjection

just kidding

  1. (informal) I wasn't serious; it was only a joke.
    Alternative forms: (initialisms) jk, JK, j/k
    The winner of our trivia game here tonight will receive a prize of a million dollars. Just kidding! It's a fifty-dollar gift card.
    She was just kidding when she teased him for being nerdy about zoology. In truth she likes his nerdiness.
    Q: Why would you say such a hurtful thing that you can't take back? A: I was just kidding.
    The court is apparently not buying the defendants' claim that they were just kidding about the death threats.

See also

  • in Minecraft (likewise sometimes childishly imagined to be a magic-wand protection from responsibility for one's own words)
  • not (interjection)
  • psych (interjection)
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