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witticism (ˈwɪtɪsɪz(ə)m) Also 7 wittycism. [Coined by Dryden, f. witty a., after criticism.] A piece of wit; a witty saying or remark; a smart joke. In earlier use often contemptuous (‘a mean attempt at wit’ J.), or applied esp. to a joke made at another's expense, a jeer, a witty sarcasm.1677 Dryde...
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witticism
witticism/ˈwɪtɪsɪzəm; `wɪtəˌsɪzəm/ nwitty remark 诙谐的言语. witticism => wit.
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Wit
A witticism also suggests the diminutive.
Repartee is the wit of the quick answer and capping comment: the snappy comeback and neat retort.
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Melitzah
In Hebrew the word melitzah means satire, joke or witticism.
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Žganci
Its popularity and common use is implied in the following witticism from the 19th century: "Žganci are the pedestal of Carniola."
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jokelet
jokelet (ˈdʒəʊklɪt) [f. joke n. + -let.] A little joke, a small witticism.1847 Alb. Smith Chr. Tadpole xv. (1879) 136 The lecturer to enliven his subject made some small witticism—or jokelet. 1875 M. E. Braddon Strange World I. i. 17 Justina began to laugh, as if it had been a green-room jokelet.
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Rákosliget
A common local witticism is to call these streets "avenues" referring to the similar street numbering of New York, for example: V. utca=Fifth Avenue.
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transmodify
† transˈmodify, v. Obs. rare—1. [f. trans- 2 + modify.] trans. To modify in transmission.a 1774 Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) II. 673 Squibs of witticism, stolen and transmodified from the storehouse of philosophy.
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A language is a dialect with an army and navy
"A language is a dialect with an army and navy", sometimes called the Weinreich witticism, is a witty quip about the arbitrariness of the distinction between When Theory is a Joke: The Weinreich Witticism in Linguistics (pp 263–292). Beiträge zur Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft. Vol 28, No 2.
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What does オシャレ mean? > It seems the definition of is something like "stylish", but it doesn't seem right in this case. What does that mean?
You may have heard the term _dajare_ for "stupid joke": this comes from prefix _da-_ for "stupid, worthless" + this same _share_ for "witticism".
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历代春联趣话1(Chinese Folk:The Spring Festival couplets witticism1 )
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新百家姓对联趣话1(Chinese Folk:Surnames poetic couplet witticism 1 )
新百家姓对联趣话1(Chinese Folk:Surnames poetic couplet witticism 1 ) | Li WenZheng; Chen BiaoTong | download on Z-Library | Download books for free. Find books
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going (disambiguation)
When the going gets tough, the tough get going is a popular witticism in American English.
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历代春联趣话2(Chinese Folk:The Spring Festival couplets witticism2 )
历代春联趣话2(Chinese Folk:The Spring Festival couplets witticism2 ) 李文郑 陈竹 编著
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going
"When the going gets tough, the tough get going" is a popular witticism in American English.
The phrase is an example of antimetabole.
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