Trifling Ig Nobel award - extremely funny (2,3,4)
I believe the answer is:
no big deal
'trifling' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'ig nobel award extremely funny' is the wordplay.
'extremely' suggests removing the centre (only the extremes of the word are used).
'funny' indicates anagramming the letters.
'award' with its middle taken out is 'ad'.
'ig'+'nobel'+'ad'='ignobelad'
'ignobelad' with letters rearranged gives 'NO BIG DEAL'.
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