- but
perhaps descends into sarcasm, or
otherwise is
short of a point. A
witticism also
suggests the diminutive.
Repartee is the wit of the
quick answer...
- "When the
going gets tough, the
tough get going" is a po****r
phrase of
witticism in
American English. The
phrase is an
example of an antimetabole. The...
-
language is a
dialect with an army and navy",
sometimes called the
Weinreich witticism, is a quip
about the
arbitrariness of the
distinction between a dialect...
-
leading Thomist of his time.
Cardinal Aldrovandi was a
canon lawyer. This
witticism appears to have ****isted his cause,
which also
benefited from his re****tion...
-
brought peace to
troubled waters.
Elizabeth was well
known for her dry
witticisms. On
hearing that
Edwina Mountbatten was
buried at sea, she said: "Dear...
- June 17, 2009. Stanley,
Alessandra (November 16, 2004). "With
Terminal Witticism, Even
Cancer Can Be Fun". The New York Times. p. E5.
Archived from the...
- from 27 July to 10
August 2015. The
title comes from
Dorothy Parker's
witticism that the
Bloomsbury Group,
whose lives it portrays, had "lived in squares...
- 2001). "His aim is true: Nick Lowe has
found the way to play
wisdom over
witticism". No Depression.
Archived from the
original on 10
November 2013. Retrieved...
-
featured a
moose that
would appear at
periodic intervals to tell a joke or
witticism. The
moose would also
comment on
system events and user actions. According...
- Kent Rasmussen, ed., The
Quotable Mark Twain: His
Essential Aphorisms,
Witticisms and
Concise Opinions,
Contemporary Books, 1997 ISBN 0-8092-2987-0 Gary...
