farce / farse [fars]
farce – n. – 1. a coarsely comic dramatic work based on ludicrously improbable events; this branch of drama; 2. absurdly futile proceedings, pretence, mockery
farse – n. & v. – an interpolation as an explanatory phrase, inserted in a liturgical formula, usually in the common language; v. – to amplify a liturgical formula by insertion of certain words or comments in the vernacular.