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The phrase "actual joke" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to emphasize that something is genuinely humorous or to clarify that a previous statement was meant to be taken as a joke.
Example: "I thought he was being serious, but it turns out it was just an actual joke."
Alternatives: "real joke" or "genuine joke".
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It wouldn't hurt if the brick came wrapped in an actual joke.
It smells like a joke, but there's no actual joke there.
I am not expecting that to be the joke of the year as it barely functions as an actual joke.
The only thing missing is an actual joke or a situation that is in any way charming or surprising.
Finally, after expertly milking four bouts of laughter from one line, he delivers the actual joke: that marketeers can find an opportunity for making money in anything.
The Sun said, 'Harriet Harman makes actual joke.'" Poor Harriet, I say, you're shattering the illusion that she was being spontaneously witty.
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Yes, the "comedic information" — i.e., the actual jokes and cartoons — were quite good.
How to Be a Public Author Galley Beggar Presss) contains that rare commodity: actual jokes.
It is a convention when you write about comedy (apparently) that you don't transcribe their actual jokes.
Tonally, though, it's been an odd one: too superficial for empathy, too melancholic for actual jokes.
Elton really wants to show us that not only has he bothered to cram his script with jokes – imagine, actual jokes in a sitcom!
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