- 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...
- snakebite.
Although he was able and learned, he is
perhaps best
known for his
witticisms. We know that, in Paris,
fashion imposes its
dictates on
medicine just...
- "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...
-
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...
-
roughly 1929. At
these luncheons they
engaged in wisecracks, wordplay, and
witticisms that,
through the
newspaper columns of
Round Table members, were disseminated...
- In rhetoric,
antanaclasis (/æntəˈnækləsɪs, ˌæntænəˈklæsɪs/; from the Gr****: ἀντανάκλασις, antanáklasis,
meaning "reflection", from ἀντί anti, "against"...
- University. He
wrote little but is
remembered by many for his
philosophical witticisms.
Sidney Morgenbesser was born on
September 22, 1921, in New York City...
-
article alleged that
Wilde had a
habit of p****ing off
other people's
witticisms as his own –
especially Whistler's.
Wilde considered Vivian's article...
-
journalist and
author of the 1920s and 1930s and is
noted for his many
witticisms.
Tartakower was born on 9 (21)
February 1887 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia...
