RUNNINGGAG

Running gag

A running gag, or running joke, is a literary device that takes the form of an amusing joke or a comical reference and appears repeatedly throughout a work of literature or other form of storytelling.

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running gag

Noun

  1. Any of many variations of a joke or humorous situation that reappears in several episodes of a series


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