- 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...
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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...
-
applied to
words of all origins: thus we have to pulverize, to colonize,
Witticism, Heathenism, Journalist, Tobacconist.
Hence we may make such
words when...
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Country Philippines Language English Tagalog Subject Irony Pick-up line
Witticism/Wisecrack
Genre Humor Speech Publisher ABS-CBN
Publishing Publication...
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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...
- In rhetoric,
antanaclasis (/æntəˈnækləsɪs, ˌæntænəˈklæsɪs/; from the Gr****: ἀντανάκλασις, antanáklasis,
meaning "reflection", from ἀντί anti, "against"...
-
hanged man and then pickled.
Humorist R. E. Shay is
credited with the
witticism, "Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but
remember it didn't work...
- a
decent command of
German following the
Imperial election of 1519. A
witticism sometimes attributed to
Charles was: "I
speak Spanish/Latin [depending...
-
Oxymoron Paradox Poe's law
Sardonicism Smirk Snarl Sneer Tongue-in-ch****
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