English

Noun

April foolery ‎(uncountable)

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

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

   • 2002, Brian Whitaker, "These Foolish Things," The Guardian, 1 April, 2002,

     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".