You can trawl the web fruitlessly for UK glee clubs today, though you'll find the word appropriated by comedy bars in Cardiff and Birmingham.
"I don't think it's appropriate for our comedy," she said.
Later, he added, before making another point, "And here is when it gets hard, harder than is potentially appropriate for a comedy show late on a Sunday night".
When Akhavan's comedy Appropriate Behaviour – about a bisexual young woman struggling to become the ideal Persian daughter – premiered at the most recent Sundance film festival, critics immediately spotted similarities with Dunham's debut, Tiny Furniture.
She wrote, directed and starred in this year's acclaimed comedy Appropriate Behaviour and is heading up this year's Queer Palme an unofficial group that recognises the best LGBT-themed films of the festival.
We asked Michael to join us and, building on our work on Hank Cinq, he again eschewed naturalism with formalised designs that drew attention to themselves in a way appropriate to a comedy that satirises the artistic pretensions of a parvenu landowner, played by the formidable Ron Moody.
One of the first filmmakers to use the rental feature was Desiree Akhavan, who released her Gravitas Ventures-distributed comedy Appropriate Behavior in theaters and on Gumroad on the same day earlier this year.
Give him a mic, and he instantly transforms into GAZR, a dominating presence, fluidly navigating between spoken word, poetry, and rap with appropriate nods to comedy in exactly the right places.
Jim Carrey's acting is appropriate for romantic comedy.
The committee chairwoman, Sylviane Gold, said in the statement announcing the award, "The play appropriates both the comedy and cruelty of professional wrestling in order to explore the complex dance America does with its minorities".
