doggerel
noun/ˈdɒɡərəl/
/ˈdɔːɡərəl/
[uncountable]- poetry that is badly written or silly, sometimes because the writer has not intended it to be seriousTopics Literature and writingc2Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective describing such verse): apparently from dog (used contemptuously, as in dog Latin, a debased form of Latin) + -rel.
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