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joke is on
joke is on someone
1. Someone is the butt of the joke. The joke is on Bob, so it's good that he is a good sport.
2. The joke has backfired on someone. Ha, ha! The joke's on you after all.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Philetus | | fi-LEE-təs (English), fie-LEE-təs (English) | Biblical, Biblical Latin |
| Octavia | | [ɔk'teiviə] | |
| Yehoyakim | | - | Biblical Hebrew |
| Iva (2) | | - | Czech, Slovak, Slovene |
| AÑUli | | - | Western African, Igbo |
| Jiro | | jee-ṙo: | Japanese |