running gag
English
Noun
running gag (plural running gags)Category:English lemmas#RUNNINGGAGCategory:English nouns#RUNNINGGAGCategory:English countable nouns#RUNNINGGAGCategory:English multiword terms#RUNNINGGAGCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#RUNNINGGAGCategory:Pages with entries#RUNNING%20GAGCategory:Pages with 1 entry#RUNNING%20GAG
- An ongoing joke, one that is regularly repeated or continued.
- Synonym: running joke
- 2014 June 26, A. A. Dowd, “Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler Spoof Rom-com Clichés in They Came Together”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 7 December 2017:
- Some groaners are converted into running gags, as when Joel and his brother (Max Greenfield) get in a duel of parting, one-last-thing-before-you-go affirmations.Category:English terms with quotations#RUNNINGGAG
Descendants
- → German: Running Gag
Translations
running joke — see running joke
Further reading
running gag on Wikipedia.Wikipedia