'Poonster

Noun

'Poonster (plural 'Poonsters)

1. A writer for the humour magazine The Harvard Lampoon.
   • Also staring at the script and tossing in a suggestion every 30 minutes or so are Lewis Morton, 24, and Steve Lookner, 23, both in their second year at SNL, and both graduates of the Harvard Lampoon. The Lampoon has been a bountiful source of SNL talent from the start, when Doug Kenney, a founder...2008 June 5, Chris Smith, “Comedy Isn't Funny”, in New York, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Oct 2023
   • Poonsters, posing as Crimson staffers, snapped photos with a smiling Trump seated on the president's chair and later published a rave review of the real estate mogul, calling him "the most formidable and competitive candidate on the Republican side."2015 August 3, Neetzan Zimmerman, “Harvard Lampoon tricks Trump with fake endorsement”, in The Hill, Washington, D.C.: Nexstar Media Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Oct 2021