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witticism

How to use witticism in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for witticism.

Editorial note

Or a clever witticism on how cool ducks are.

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Quick take

a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

Meaning at a glance

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noun

a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for witticism.

noun

a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

Example sentences

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Or a clever witticism on how cool ducks are.

2

There's no witticism in his comment is there?

3

Bletchley park maybe not a witticism, more of an easter egg

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What is the comical witticism referred to in the post script?

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I'll have to modify my attempts at witticism in the future.

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" Your witticism was correct; I'll take my next freeway trip at 75mph by way of apology.

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That punch line witticism is an insufficient excuse for its pride of place as a starting sentence.

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This is a nice witticism but I'm afraid it's not very connected to reality.

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Joke [johk]1. something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote2.

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"Expecting us to extract that meaning out of some vague witticism was probably your mistake.

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> The bitter/sarcastic tone this article takes toward the endThat's just how the Economist is. Many of their articles end that way, with some acerbic witticism.

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I've cut out the middle - corrupt legislators creating corrupt legislation - which is what we actually have and also the sort of murk that doesn't lend itself to witticism.

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The professors used to let a few of us smart-ass types hang out in their math department lounge where the order of the day was playing chess and Go, exchanging attempts at witticism, and avoiding work.

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"I can't seem to locate the quote for this, but I believe there is a famous witticism on programming languages, which more or less states that arguments about the trivial issues of a language generate the most heated discussion, with syntax being simultaneously the most contentious and the least important.

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How often have you written a clever turn of phrase, an insightful paragraph, or a poignant witticism, gone back and removed it to fix flow, and then re-wrote it, not getting the phrasing quite right?The ability to fix those types of changes, or to revert back to a paragraph "somewhere in the middle" would be huge.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use witticism in a sentence?

Or a clever witticism on how cool ducks are.

What does witticism mean?

a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

What part of speech is witticism?

witticism is commonly used as noun.