cosmic joker

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Definition of cosmic joker in English English dictionary

A higher power who is responsible for various anomalous phenomena on Earth, said manifestations being of a perverse and black-humoured nature

Hyphenation

cos·mic jok·er

Turkish pronunciation

käzmîk cōkır

Pronunciation

/ˈkäzmək ˈʤōkər/ /ˈkɑːzmɪk ˈʤoʊkɜr/

Etymology

() A term attributed to author Charles Fort. The exact term does not appear in Fort's writings, but related terms and concepts certainly do, such that later writers acknowledge and attribute Fort for the phrase.