Tongue-in-cheek is a term used to refer to humour in which a statement, or an entire fictional work, is not meant to be taken seriously, but its lack of seriousness is subtle. The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as "Ironic, slyly humorous; not meant to be taken seriously". The Oxford English Dictionary ( OED) published by the Oxford University Press (OUP is a comprehensive Dictionary of the English
Tongue-in-cheek fiction seems to abide by the conventions of an established serious genre, but gently pokes fun at some aspects of that genre, while still relying on its conventions. A genre (ˈʒɑːnrə also /ˈdʒɑːnrə/ from French "kind" or "sort" from Latin: genus (stem gener-) is a loose set Examples of tongue-in-cheek films are Scream, A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy, Shaun of the Dead, Demolition Man, True Lies, or Hot Fuzz. Scream is a 1996 film directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson. A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy is a 1982 film written and directed by Woody Allen. Shaun of the Dead is a 2004 British Zombie -themed Comedy (or " rom zom com " as it dubs itself film Demolition Man is a 1993 American Action film. It was directed by Marco Brambilla, written by Peter M For the video game see True Lies (video game. True Lies is a 1994 action - Comedy film. Hot Fuzz is a 2007 British action Comedy film written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright and starring Simon Note that these films are still faithful to their genre (slasher, musical, zombie, action, spy, and police-thriller respectively) and are not out-and-out parodies such as Airplane! or Scary Movie. Airplane! is a 1980 American Comedy film directed and written by David Zucker Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker. Scary Movie is a 2000 film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans. It is an American Dark comedy which parodies the horror and mystery genres
The OED's earliest recorded use of the term was in a 1933 when a Times Literary Supplement review described Shooting the Bull as "a tongue-in-the-cheek march through newspaperdom". The Times Literary Supplement (or TLS, on the front page from 1969 is a weekly literary review published in London by News International It appeared in Webster's Dictionary the following year. Webster's Dictionary is the name given to a common type of English language dictionary in the United States.
References
Mary Morris (1988). Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins. HarperCollins. HarperCollins is a Publishing company owned by News Corporation. ISBN 0-06-015862-X.
The Rev. Richard H. Barham (1921). The Ingoldsby Legends or Mirth and Marvels. Oxford University Press.
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