running gag
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
running gag (plural running gags)
- 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[1], 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.
Descendants[edit]
- → German: Running Gag
Translations[edit]
running joke — see running joke
Further reading[edit]
running gag on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
