running joke/gag

noun

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

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And though it’s been a running joke and meme online the last few days, Yang took it mainstream. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 24 Apr. 2025 Growing up, his parents and siblings — an older sister and a younger brother — had a running joke that Max would get famous and move them all into a higher tax bracket. Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2025 Her focus on the Williams case became a running joke in the department. Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025 And that becomes kind of a running joke of the movie. Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for running joke/gag

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“Running joke/gag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/running%20joke%2Fgag. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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