Meaning & use
doggerel
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crude, badly constructed verse, often comic and irregular in rhythm.
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The birthday card was filled with cheerful doggerel rather than serious poetry.
Critics dismissed his rhymes as mere doggerel, lacking any real craftsmanship.
A note on using this word
Almost always used to describe poetry seen as amateurish or silly, in contrast to serious literary verse.
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