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Meaning of 'Poonster | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A writer for the humour magazine The Harvard Lampoon.

Examples

“Also staring at the script and tossing in a suggestion every 30 minutes or so are Lewis Morton, 24, and Steve Lookner, 23, both in their second year at SNL, and both graduates of the Harvard Lampoon. The Lampoon has been a bountiful source of SNL talent from the start, when Doug Kenney, a founder of the National Lampoon and a Michaels consultant early on, paved the way for fellow 'Poonster [Jim] Downey to get a job at SNL.”
“Poonsters, posing as Crimson staffers, snapped photos with a smiling Trump seated on the president's chair and later published a rave review of the real estate mogul, calling him "the most formidable and competitive candidate on the Republican side."”
“The Belmont High School band and the Harvard Crimson dance team led the procession, and two additional chariots, one carrying a jester and the other a panda-suited 'Poonster, followed the honoree.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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