EuroLex/E/Gag


 * Original language: English
 * Original form and meaning: 'a humorous action or situation'

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


 * Annotations: * DEA = Dictionary of European Anglicisms by Manfred Görlach (2001), Oxford: OUP.; ** CODEE = The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology by T.F. Hoad (1986), Oxford: Clarendon.


 * Information on Other Languages: Romanian: gag [gag], mid20c, via French, meaning: the same as in English, esp. 'clever tricks in films and the circus, etc.', status: fully accepted but still marked as English; Russian: gég, end20c, meaning: the same as in English, esp. 'clever tricks in films and the circus, etc.', status: restricted use: rare, modish; Bulgarian: geg, end20c, meaning: the same as in English, esp. 'clever tricks in films and the circus, etc.', status: restricted use: journalese

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