jocose

“Well aged parent,” said Wemmick, shaking hands with him in a cordial and jocose way, “how am you?”

They are bust-a-gut funny — risible, jocose, whimsical, piquant and droll.

To imagine—or perhaps to hope—that questions about Johnson’s character might undermine his chances of becoming the next Prime Minister would be to overlook the crucial point governing the Conservative Party’s leadership election, which is that Johnson’s character—jocose, undiplomatic, entitled—is the thing that Tory members like the most about him.

The acoustic trio is fond of inside-out pop covers and original compositions that range from jagged angularity to jocose lyricism.

In every jocose remark and offhand revelation, O’Brien captures an enigma of our species: We continuously broadcast our true selves — our deepest desires, fears and convictions — to anybody willing to listen.