godan verb (-su), transitive verb
joke everything away; turn everything into a joke; keep joking to the end
Used when someone persistently treats serious matters as jokes, or continues joking until the very end. Often carries a critical or exasperated tone.
彼は真面目な話も洒落のめしてしまう。
He turns even serious conversations into jokes.
最後まで洒落のめすつもりか。
Are you planning to keep joking until the very end?
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling for this verb.
Kana spelling is common in casual writing.
Compound of 洒落 (joke) and のめす (a suffix-like verb meaning 'to do thoroughly' or 'to push through'). The exact derivation of のめす is uncertain, but it may be related to 飲む (to drink) in the sense of 'swallowing' or 'immersing'.