Guffmanesque

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English

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Etymology

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From the name of the producer in the 1995 mockumentary Waiting for Guffman, +‎ -esque.

Adjective

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Guffmanesque (comparative more Guffmanesque, superlative most Guffmanesque)

  1. (theater, of a production, mildly derogatory) amateurish or mawkish, but believed worthy of critical praise by its participants