gagster
Professional humor creator
A gagster is someone who tells gags—jokes, pranks, or comic bits.
The term usually describes professional comedy writers or performers, especially from the vaudeville and early Hollywood era: The studio employed a team of gagsters to punch up scripts.
It carries a slightly old-fashioned, show-business flavor.
Exaggerated mockery or risqué variety
- cabaretLive entertainment venue
- revueMusical variety entertainment
- varietyState of being diverse
- slapstickExaggerated physical humor
pantomime · clowning · buffoonery · pratfall · mugging · tumbling · hokum · circuit
Solo comedic performance
- punchlineHumor's final delivery
- one-linersBrief comedic remarks
- timingArt of choosing moments
- deliveryConveyance of goods
setup · monologue · improv · sketch · shtick · routine · act · set
Clever, mocking remarks
- quipsBrief witty remarks
- zingersClever cutting remarks
- jestsHumorous remarks or teases
- wordplayVerbal wit techniques
puns · one-liners · rib-tickler · knee-slapper · jape · funnies · groaners · pratfall
burlesque
Exaggerated mockery or risqué variety
slapstick · pantomime · clowning · buffoonery · pratfall · mugging · tumbling · hokum · circuit · hoofer
stand-up
Solo comedic performance
- punchlineHumor's final delivery
- one-linersBrief comedic remarks
- timingArt of choosing moments
delivery · setup · monologue · improv · sketch · shtick · routine · act · set · heckler
wisecracks
Clever, mocking remarks
wordplay · puns · one-liners · rib-tickler · knee-slapper · jape · funnies · groaners · pratfall · callback
banter
Playful, teasing exchange
- reparteeQuick, clever conversation
- clevernessMental quickness and skill
- sarcasmIrony used to mock
irony · drollery · wisecrack · raillery · facetiousness · sharpness · quip · retort · bon-mot · riposte
gagsterfront man
Public representative of group
straight man · performer · comedian · stand-up comic · comic
gagstertragedian
Actor of serious drama
dramatist · elegist · sob sister · eulogist · poet laureate
gagsterdoomsayer
Predictor of catastrophe
prophet of doom · killjoy · wet blanket · buzzkill · sourpuss
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