gagsters
Writers of punchlines
Gagsters is the plural of gagster, a person who tells gags—jokes or comic bits.
The word carries a whiff of old Hollywood and vaudeville, evoking professional joke writers or comedians: The gagsters in the writers' room punched up the script.
It sounds dated compared to "comedians" or "comedy writers."
People who jest
- comediansPerformers who provoke laughter
- prankstersThose who play jokes
- funnymenMale humor performers
- wiseacresIrritatingly smug people
comics · humorists · jesters · wags · cutups · clowns · quipsters · buffoons
Organized crime members
- mobstersOrganized crime members
- racketeersOrganized crime participants
- hoodlumsYoung criminal troublemakers
- thugsViolent criminals
wiseguys · mafiosi · criminals · outlaws · crime bosses · hitmen · enforcers · bootleggers
jokesters
People who jest
- comediansPerformers who provoke laughter
- prankstersThose who play jokes
- funnymenMale humor performers
wiseacres · comics · humorists · jesters · wags · cutups · clowns · quipsters · buffoons · entertainers
gangsters
Organized crime members
- mobstersOrganized crime members
- racketeersOrganized crime participants
- hoodlumsYoung criminal troublemakers
thugs · wiseguys · mafiosi · criminals · outlaws · crime bosses · hitmen · enforcers · bootleggers · organized crime
gagstersstraight men
Comedy duos' serious halves
straight man · foils · feeds · stooges · audience
gagsterssourpusses
Habitually bad-tempered people
killjoys · wet blankets · stuffed shirts · sobersides · grumps
gagstersbuzzkills
Those who spoil enjoyment
downers · drags · spoilsports · Debbie Downers · sad sacks