Witticism

You try to pass off a witticism from a film everyone on this planet, except members of hunter-gatherer tribes in the high plateaus of New Guinea and the Amish, have seen? ❋ Unknown (2006)

First of all, with his interlocutors themselves, when his witticism is a direct retort to one of them. ❋ Henri Bergson (1900)

"If you are about to say what I think you are… some sort of feeble inane 'witticism' like 'may the farts be with you', then I strongly recommend you think again, or I'll beat you to a pulp." ❋ David Hadley (2009)

For every "witticism" compiled by Media Matters, analogous screeds could be pointed out by right-wing blogs. ❋ Unknown (2009)

While Black Russell was answering Jeff Probst's question about his tribemates, Ben interrupted with the "witticism": "Jeff, I've never read that book: Things Losers Say." ❋ Unknown (2009)

But this isn't a joke (as Eugene notes by calling it a "witticism"). ❋ Unknown (2006)

And, by the way, I think the quote — "Probably the strongest experience I have in foreign relations is the fact I spent four years overseas when I was a child in Southeast Asia" — was meant as a kind of witticism, a play on the words "foreign relations." ❋ Ann Althouse (2007)

Thus, I can hardly claim to be wholly enraged by Megamayor's latest "witticism," which promises to really piss off the IOC: "Why the hell would I want to go to a place like Mombassa," Mayor Mel Lastman said to a freelance journalist before leaving for a trip to Kenya to pitch the Toronto Olympic bid. ❋ Unknown (2001)

“shock” of the witticism is a powerful one; while mere fun will have no power over them if it jar on their moral taste. ❋ George Eliot (1849)

[1] An example of these amusing and confusing contentions is the popular -- I might almost say classic -- witticism which is often resurrected at the expense of _Punch_. ❋ M. H. Spielmann (N/A)

In the first place, this appeared to the dissidents a very easy kind of witticism; they knew many men, many women, and many schoolboys who could have uttered it. ❋ George Saintsbury (1889)

Failing an alternate conversation path if your conversation skill in any particular area is low won't be an immediate fail; instead it will reap some kind of witticism or verbal slap in the face, again more in line with the original games. ❋ Unknown (2010)

While Black Russell was answering Jeff Probst's question about his tribemates, Ben interrupted with the "witticism": "Jeff, I've never read that book: ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mark is a quiet man, who tries to engage his parishioners with the occasional witticism, which, however, usually gets stifled by the humorless manner in which he speaks. ❋ Robert D. Putnam (2010)

The gorgeously mounted show by English street artist D*Face is fuel injected with Pop vernacular while kidnapping some Pop masters of the last half century with prankish lo- to mid-brow witticism. ❋ Jaime Rojo (2011)

The postcard witticism will not be easily replicated. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Iran (in Iraq): Remember that old witticism of the neocons of the ascendant Bush moment back in 2003: Everyone wants to go to Baghdad. ❋ Tom Engelhardt (2010)