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doggerel

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




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Like much of Boston, it goes back to the Brahmins, the elite caste of the city, among whom, according to the doggerel, “The Lowells talk only to Cabots, and the Cabots talk only to God.”

From Barron's May 1, 2026

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

Worse, he was capable of doggerel even dogs wouldn’t want to read:

From New York Times Apr. 15, 2022

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

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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