doggerel /ˈdɒɡəɹəl/noun 2adjective 1forms 1 noun2 •A comic or humorous verse, usually irregular in measure.Taffy drew a long breath into his manly bosom, and kept it there as he read this characteristic French doggerel (for so he chose to call this touching little symphony in ère and ra). — 1894 •Any writing of crude composition.It is very rare to find good, personal analysis of events that does not degenerate into chest-beating, pettiness, pomposity, or political doggeral ^([sic]). — 1977 adjective1 •Of a crude or irregular construction.True Wit has seen its best days long ago, / It ne're look'd up, since we were dipt in Show: / When Sense in Dogrel Rimes and Clouds was lost, / And Dulness flourish'd at the Actors cost. — 1677 formsdoggerels
