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Jokes

A word John proposes saying instead of "cool", trying it out in several sentences.

Origin on the channel: John proposes always saying 'jokes' instead of 'cool' and demonstrates it in several sentences. — July 25: Brotherhood 2.0's Youtube Comments Are Answered! 00:02:04

in-group term (adopted-phrase) · in 15 videos, 2007–2012 · peak 2007 (8 videos) · last heard 2012

Videos per year: 2007: 8 · 2008: 6 · 2012: 1

Every video

2007

date video use what is said
2007-07-25 July 25: Brotherhood 2.0's Youtube Comments Are Answered! 00:02:04 origin John proposes always saying 'jokes' instead of 'cool' and demonstrates it in several sentences.
2007-07-26 July 26: The Price of Fame 00:02:51 callback Hank takes up John's 'jokes' for 'cool' ('The people are very jokes') and agrees it would be good to use it.
2007-08-02 August 2nd: Airports and Box Fans 00:00:09 callback John sings a parody of Hank's heat song using 'jokes' in place of 'cool'.
2007-08-21 August 21: Hairy Hairy Head Hair 00:02:01 callback Hank uses 'jokes' as an adjective: Nerdfighters are now 'the jokesest of the jokes'.
2007-08-22 August 22nd: Um. Uh. IN YOUR PANTS 00:01:02 callback John calls Harry Potter jokes 'so... jokes' and notes the grammatical confusion of 'jokes' as an adjective.
2007-08-24 August 24th: John's Secret Project Part 2 00:00:47 callback A greeter wishes John 'a totally jokes made of awesome birthday', using 'jokes' as an adjective.
2007-11-29 November 29th: sXePhil, Leaky Brains and a Secret Project 00:00:10 callback Hank uses 'jokes' for 'cool' ('Pretty jokes') and notes the community has terminology.
2007-12-19 December 19: The Day that the Nerds Took Over YouTube 00:02:46 callback Hank calls the Secret Project 'fantastically jokes', using 'jokes' for 'cool'.

2008

date video use what is said
2008-03-04 SETTING THE QUESTION TUESDAY WORLD RECORD 00:00:28 callback Asked for the opposite of 'jokes', John answers 'tragedies' and uses it in a sentence.
2008-04-28 Ranting and Giving Stuff Away 00:01:17 callback When the Yeti says she doesn't get some of their jokes, John asks whether she means 'jokes' as in cool or the plural of joke.
2008-05-07 From the Airport: And some Nerdfighterlike 00:00:00 callback Hank says he thinks viewers' birthday videos are 'so jokes', using 'jokes' for cool.
2008-05-19 Three Things 00:03:13 callback John calls Omnictionary 'a pretty jokes opportunity', using 'jokes' for 'cool'.
2008-05-20 Guys Love Giraffe Love 00:00:00 callback John calls The Mountain Goats 'so jokes', using 'jokes' for 'cool'.
2008-11-06 Funny Noises from Tennessee 00:01:38 callback The printers of Hank's album misread So Jokes as 50 Jokes on the order form; the album itself is unaffected. → Jokes in four minutes: Hank's rapid-fire joke videos (2008) (last documented in 2016 (looked back on in 2021), 2021-12-10)

2012

date video use what is said
2012-08-07 An Open Letter to Students Returning to School 00:00:00 mention The brothers did not make the Evil Baby Orphanage card game: they saw it, contacted its makers, were shown it and think it looks really cool; if the Kickstarter raises enough, the makers will release a Nerdfighter-specific expansion pack, which John calls 'pretty jokes' in 2007 vlogbrothers terms.