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Witticism meaning
a witty remark; a bon mot; an epigram; a zinger.
Example sentences (6)
Despite being over two decades old, the movie's biting witticism hasn't faded, and it even spawned a sequel in 2016 that was also made available on Paramount+ in March 2023.
An old newsroom witticism suggests that newspapers are called a medium because they are neither rare nor well done.
In Swahili, pili pili apparently means pepper-pepper – prompting the witticism “the chilli so hot they named it twice” – and it lives up to that reputation.
Trademark witticism and playfulness stitch together a Penny and Sparrow live experience.
In general Wallace and Gromit is full of wordplay, but Gromit's various possessions and their recurrent use of pun have become a particular source of understated witticism.
Longworth did not originate the witticism.