April foolery

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• IPA^(key): /ˌeɪpɹɪl ˈfuːləɹi/

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Noun

April foolery (usually uncountable, plural April fooleries)

1. Tricks played on April Fools' Day.
   • 1934, James Hilton, chapter 8, in Goodbye, Mr. Chips‎, London: Hodder & Stoughton:

     Not till days afterward did he realize that it had been a piece of April-foolery.

   • 2002 April 1, Brian Whitaker, “These Foolish Things”, in The Guardian:

     On March 31 last year, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia issued a warning to Muslims not to participate in April foolery, which he described as "a practice of the unbelievers".