Meaning of boffola | Babel Free

Definitions

A coarse or farcical gag; a joke provoking hearty laughter.

Examples

“"You're here to set off skyrockets for Barbara Anne, not to regale us with the steam-room boffolas of Beverly Hills." "Well, I thought it was a cute story," Mr. Blakelee said.”

“You laugh all the harder because the movie never winds up to hit you with a boffola.”

“These are the people whose laughter you hear after the boffolas on shows that have been filmed without audiences. I don't suppose all these laughers are dead, but a lot of them must be by this time.”

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