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Tone, mood & stylistic register · Specialist

Irreverent

Also called: cheeky

ELI5

Willing to challenge solemnity, convention or authority through humour or attitude.

Used in conversation

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Pitch context

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Sources & evidence · 4

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.