A nicely obscure in-joke is embedded in the movie.    From Wordnik.com.  [Metronatural America] Reference

Ogmol said, "I presume this is some human in-joke.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Golden Torc]

By 1990, "Ray's Pizza" was New York's official in-joke.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eric Lurio: Fifty Years: The Legend of Ray's Pizza] Reference

Definitely an in-joke, but very funny if you get it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Simple Tricks and Nonsense: March 2004 Archives] Reference

Or would that be too much of an in-joke and too jarring?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Inane accusations and a question for our readers] Reference

Incidentally, the generic name is apparently an in-joke.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matt Wedel: officially, a bastard] Reference

Their rivalry was becoming an industry in-joke, she knew.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hot For Him]

(A little in-joke for the parents of toddlers in the house).    From Wordnik.com.  [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference

He might do lip service to what's gone before as an in-joke.    From Wordnik.com.  [Doctor Who Season Five...potential serious spoiler.] Reference

It is something of an in-joke with Bush's friends and family.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Measure of the Man (or Woman)] Reference

Last but not least, a pen shaped like an asparagus (in-joke).    From Wordnik.com.  [anne-jumps Diary Entry] Reference

I sensed some kind of family in-joke here, but didn't pursue it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Never Come Down]

Polyclothery: online social networking service in-joke in S, M, L.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing: September 5, 2004 - September 11, 2004 Archives] Reference

I like humor that is somewhat sly, like being let in on an in-joke.    From Wordnik.com.  [Musing on the Muse] Reference

It's basically a huge in-joke, and that's what makes it even funnier.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Harry Potter Experience] Reference

Got to love an in-joke so in that only 4 living people understand it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stab at the Term] Reference

So, it's perhaps an in-joke, but not one meant for private consumption.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fractures of Unfamiliarity] Reference

Of course the in-joke there is that George Lucas had a dog named Indiana.    From Wordnik.com.  [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » How to Make Your Novel into a Media Franchise, part 2] Reference

Also, if she IS an authentic comic book fan, she might use an in-joke here.    From Wordnik.com.  [Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Becca’s Review Forum] Reference

Now that the eARC is out, I'm posting this to explain on "in-joke" line.    From Wordnik.com.  [In-joke explained.] Reference

He recognized it as a telling in-joke that his readers would not find funny.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story Behind the Story] Reference

It was a cynical in-joke that had two definitions but one meaning: forget it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Not the End of the World]

If it was an in-joke by Cameron to the audience, it didn't work for me either.    From Wordnik.com.  [MOVIEW REVIEW: Avatar] Reference

(Members of the Other Place will appreciate the little in-joke about the Woolsack.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Where's Al Pacino when we need him?] Reference

However, yes, I was alluding to that, so props to you for getting my little in-joke.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Toy Story 3 Characters Revealed; Final Trailer Tomorrow | /Film] Reference

Was this an in-joke of sorts, to have them play the most uptight people in the film?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Brad Balfour: Q & A: Sean Penn and Gus Van Sant Pour Out Their Hearts about Milk] Reference

Originally posted on another Web site, members of 4chan adopted the phrase as in-joke.    From Wordnik.com.  [Modest Web Site Is Behind a Bevy of Memes] Reference

Irreverence demystifies art, it draws you into the in-joke, the inner circle of knowledge.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sleepless in St. Petersburg] Reference

It was less "in-joke to amuse the parents" than "unhealthy fixation beaten into the ground.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Yargh. Quick catch-up.] Reference

(Members of the Other Place will appreciate the little in-joke about the Woolsack.) Previous.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference

Ready for a name with layers that connotes depth rather that one that feels like an in-joke.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ted Goeglein: Why Mitt Doesn't Fit] Reference

If not, click this link first, before you check out these funny blogosphere in-joke t-shirts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boing Boing: July 4, 2004 - July 10, 2004 Archives] Reference

At best, it feels like an authorial in-joke: look, my characters read the same authors you read.    From Wordnik.com.  [The End of (Future) History] Reference

I get the in-joke, but the name is too much a part of that joke to skip past it without wincing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Avatar: The Good and The Bad] Reference

I suspect either an over-zealous spell-checker or, more likely, a proofreader's industry in-joke.    From Wordnik.com.  [What do you mean, you've never heard the Eroica symphony?] Reference

He's like that character Andy Kaufman created who was loud and obnoxious, but part of the in-joke.    From Wordnik.com.  [inshallah shalom] Reference

(ABACABB is another software in-joke; it recalls the name of a song by the old rock group Genesis.).    From Wordnik.com.  [How To Beat Luigi At His Own Game] Reference