gaggery

English

Etymology

gag +‎ -ery

Noun

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.