- 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...
- In rhetoric,
antanaclasis (/æntəˈnækləsɪs, ˌæntænəˈklæsɪs/; from the Gr****: ἀντανάκλασις, antanáklasis,
meaning "reflection", from ἀντί anti, "against"...
-
keystroke after typing its name. The program's name is a
figure of
speech or
witticism which begins with an
homage to
Stephen Bourne, the
creator of one of the...
-
presentation was
infused with (and
today continues to feature)
humor using witticism, and
international or
local cultural references.
During this program's...
- 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...
- Type of
witticism...
- a
decent command of
German following the
Imperial election of 1519. A
witticism sometimes attributed to
Charles was: "I
speak Spanish/Latin [depending...
- century. Some
acrostics pre-date this, however, such as the
Restoration witticism arranging the
names of some
members of
Charles II's
Committee for Foreign...
