::Q: What's yellow and equivalent to the axiom of choice?
::A: Zorn's lemon.Individuals not familiar with the mathematical result Zorn's lemma are unlikely to understand the joke. The joke is a pun on the name of this result.

Ethnic or religious groups may also have in-jokes.

Philosophy

In-jokes are cryptic allusions to shared common ground that act as selective triggers; only those who share that common

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