running joke/gag

noun

: a joke/gag that is repeated many times in slightly different ways

Examples of running joke/gag in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Paid in Full was always the name of the album because that was our running joke. Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 27 Feb. 2024 Uber Eats, a division of the ride-sharing company, on Feb. 6 debuted its 60-second 2024 Super Bowl commercial, centered on the running joke of forgetfulness. Variety, NBC News, 11 Feb. 2024 The running gag of that book was applying Victorian diction and prejudices to high-tech things. Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2024 Their banter before, between and amid songs would become the focus of their act, and their sibling rivalry became a running gag. Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2023 In her one-woman show, there’s a running joke that Kate Berlant cannot cry on cue. Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2024 Even characters on the periphery of things are given more to do, like a running gag about how Maya’s boyfriend Shlomo (Gary Gulman) keeps trying to increase the dwindling number of practicing Jews in America. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Feb. 2024 The program makes occasional mistakes — a running joke concerns the pronunciation of Shia LaBeouf — that the artists cherish. Michael Paulson, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024 After being introduced as helpful would-be benefactors, this is where the slimy Rigellians go full evil, complete with the running gag that is their overlong wild laughter. Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 24 Nov. 2023

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“Running joke/gag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/running%20joke%2Fgag. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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