单词 | goonery |
释义 | > as lemmasˈgoonery ˈgoonery n. a foolish or absurd kind of humour typical of a Goon (sense 4). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > absurdity, incongruity > [noun] > absurd humour goonery1951 1951 Picture Post 16 June 34 Four young comics—Michael Bentine, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers—have at last got together in a radio programme. In ‘Crazy People’ they put across their favoured kind of humour. This they call ‘goonery’... General opinion was that if you like crazy, pun-dizzy, logic-smashing comedy that doesn't despise your intelligence, you'll like the Goons. 1958 Vogue Jan. 49/1 George Devine and Joan Plowright..made this extraordinary play a startlingly moving piece of theatre and gave the dialogue..a quality of abstract Goonery. 1959 Listener 12 Mar. 485/2 An hour..which had some elements of Goonery. 1968 Times 27 Feb. 3/8 This is a victory for Spike Milligan and goonery. < as lemmas |
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