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japery::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | buffoonery, clowning, frivolity, harlequinade, prank |
| Type of | craziness, folly, foolery, indulgence, lunacy, tomfoolery |
| Has types | schtik, shtick, shtik, schtick |
Examples of japery
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Almost everyone, however, concedes that the japery is nonpartisan.
From the time.com
Steve Allen would go outside the studio for his Man on the Street interviews and other mid-Manhattan japery.
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The novel's relentless japery is almost sufficient to drown out some bleak thoughts on the state of the urban world.
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Sadly iPhone-based Gangnam Style japery is the closest anyone gets to actual dancing in the Manchester United dressing room.
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I like to think it's random japery.
From the guardian.co.uk
Despite intermittent japery, they are triste, petulant atheists who resent the fact that they haven't found God in their Christmas stockings.
From the time.com
Chase has made a career, if not an art, of strenuous japery like this, but Co-Writer Aykroyd has again neglected to give himself a character to play.
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Maybe it took the absence of the guest of honor to drain the show of the usual sentiment, Hollywood gush or Friar's Club japery that lards so many of these black-tie events.
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- Buffoonery: acting like a clown or buffoon
- Jesting, joking
