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doggerel

[daw-ger-uhl, dog-er-] / ˈdɔ gər əl, ˈdɒg ər- /




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ChatGPT can turn out doggerel poetry or freshman and sophomore essays, pass tests on some technical subjects, write press releases, compile legal filings with a veneer of professionalism.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2023

Fenn’s doggerel had seven times seven types of ambiguity, enough to keep an estimated 100,000 fortune hunters poring over it for a decade.

From Washington Post • May 21, 2021

Mac’s ability to elevate doggerel to verse—and to a mirror of his protagonist’s essence—is no small thing: it is the work of a real writer expressing depths in a popular form.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 29, 2019

Later, she’ll confess a love for writing poetry almost shyly – a far cry from the fearless Erin, who in the latest episode spouts her self-penned doggerel with dogged self-belief.

From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2019

The only thing that seems even a little surprising is a bit of doggerel, a love poem in Prince Dain’s hand, about a woman who remains unidentified, except by her “sunrise hair” and “starlit eyes.”

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black




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