Примеры употребления для JAPES
1. Outrageousness, anyway, should not be outlawed; pantomime – as a midwinter antidote to cold, dark nights – has deeply ebullient roots in ancient japes and jollities.
2. He also batted aside japes from his Democratic rivals –– who issued a series of news releases suggesting vacant office space that McCain‘s campaign might rent –– by suggesting the influx of Obama staffers amounted to carpetbagging.
3. As for the idea of watching such specialist practitioners strut their snuff, it holds even less appeal than does the idea of watching anybody engage in just the most conventional of sexual intercourse, whose graceless contortions have always struck me as one of evolution‘s sillier japes.
4. This has such strong brand values (tradition, eccentricity, tailoring, school japes, high tea on the lawn) and such a range of instantly recognisable motifs (deckchair stripes, rose prints, school blazer badges, tea dresses, crisp white shirts) that it provides him with ample material from which to create a collection each season, while building on a coherent image.
5. One wag last year said, referring to the radio presenter Toby Anstis: "There is no alphabet long enough to categorise his celebrity status." But then, almost as soon as the japes begin, the viewing public becomes transfixed, revelling in the clash of personalities and the unfolding drama.