An anticlimax can be intentionally employed only for a jocular or satiric purpose. This form carries an exaggerated, jocular connotation. He had a flashing smile, a loud, bass laugh, brassy eloquence, and a jocular style. The term has attracted a number of jocular false etymologies. The jocular mood of the gunmen abruptly ceased. The two had a natural chemistry, in which Carolla's jocular tone emphasized Pinsky's reasoned expertise. Fowler describes this use as "jocular nonsense". This was disputed by Garrett as a "short jocular conversation". Because of the block's presence, Cinemax was most commonly given the jocular nickname, "Skinemax". The band briefly pursued an "anti-Conan" riff, although the intent was likely jocular. The term is generally meant to be taken in a jocular vein. This nomenclature probably started out as jocular. In a 2005 interview, Bathurst recalls that the threat seemed not to be entirely jocular. Among some Floridians, the term is used as a proud or jocular self-description. Among some Georgians, the term is used as a proud or jocular self-description.