buffoonery
noun
buf·foon·ery
(ˌ)bə-ˈfü-nə-rē 
-ˈfün-rē
plural buffooneries
: foolish or playful behavior or practice
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their madcap buffoonery turned the duo into the nation's hottest comedy act
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Their relationship, tentative, intimate, and defiant, lingers long after the satirical skewering of male buffoonery has faded.
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Leila Latif, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
He’s been tinkering with this messaging on and off since damn near the start of the century, when his criticism of the genre shifted from the power-holding executives (both white and Black) of the music industry who were profiting off buffoonery, a la Bamboozled, to rap music itself.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 15 Aug. 2025
And Neeson’s lethal glare proves the jumping-off point for much skewed buffoonery.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 30 July 2025
Stewart’s switch from his usual snark to imitate Colbert’s buffoonery proved how spiteful and irreligious political humor has become since the left’s worship of Barack Obama and subsequent persecution of President Trump.
—Armond White, National Review, 25 July 2025
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Leila Latif, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
He’s been tinkering with this messaging on and off since damn near the start of the century, when his criticism of the genre shifted from the power-holding executives (both white and Black) of the music industry who were profiting off buffoonery, a la Bamboozled, to rap music itself.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 15 Aug. 2025
And Neeson’s lethal glare proves the jumping-off point for much skewed buffoonery.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 30 July 2025
Stewart’s switch from his usual snark to imitate Colbert’s buffoonery proved how spiteful and irreligious political humor has become since the left’s worship of Barack Obama and subsequent persecution of President Trump.
—Armond White, National Review, 25 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for buffoonery
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“Buffoonery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buffoonery. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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