'Poonster

English

Alternative forms

• Poonster

Etymology

From a clipping of Lampoon + -ster.

Noun

'Poonster (plural 'Poonsters)

1. A writer for the humour magazine The Harvard Lampoon.
   • 2008 June 5, Chris Smith, “Comedy Isn’t Funny”, in New York‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-10-10:

     Also staring at the script and tossing in a suggestion every 30 minutes or so are Lewis Morton, 24, and Steve Lookner, 23, both in their second year at SNL, and both graduates of the Harvard Lampoon. The Lampoon has been a bountiful source of SNL talent from the start, when Doug Kenney, a founder of the National Lampoon and a Michaels consultant early on, paved the way for fellow 'Poonster [Jim] Downey to get a job at SNL.

   • 2015 August 3, Neetzan Zimmerman, “Harvard Lampoon tricks Trump with fake endorsement”, in The Hill‎^[2], Washington, D.C.: Nexstar Media Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2021-10-25:

     Poonsters, posing as Crimson staffers, snapped photos with a smiling Trump seated on the president's chair and later published a rave review of the real estate mogul, calling him "the most formidable and competitive candidate on the Republican side."

   • 2015 October 25, R. Blake Paterson, Daniel P. Wood, “Lampoon Crowns Jimmy Fallon 'Emperor of Comedy'”, in The Harvard Crimson‎^[3], Cambridge, M.A.: Harvard Crimson, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-02-23:

     The Belmont High School band and the Harvard Crimson dance team led the procession, and two additional chariots, one carrying a jester and the other a panda-suited 'Poonster, followed the honoree.

See also

• pooner