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Japery

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Jesting, joking countable, uncountable

    "In his opening pages he defines snark negatively — as a practice that certain famed comics are often charged with, but undeservedly and inaccurately because they actually trade in “irony” and also, one can’t help but gather from Denby’s remarks, because they’re politically virtuous in their japery, even when their words seem cruel and harsh."

  2. 2
    acting like a clown or buffoon wordnet

Etymology

From jape + -ery.

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