gaggery

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English

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Etymology

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From gag +‎ -ery.

Noun

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gaggery (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The use of gags or jokes.
    • 1972, New York Magazine, volume 5, number 23, page 61:
      Each of their roles is so loaded with slickery, inconsistency and lowbrow intellectualisms, along with slapstick gaggery on which one can but gag, that the waste of talent is depressing.
    • 2013, Jo Ann Brown, The Dutiful Daughter, page 47:
      She wished she could let her guard down, too, because Mr. Bradby, aside from his unconsidered words upstairs, was both endearing and skilled with gaggery.