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Noun
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Gone are the days of treating the vast majority of our skin with unwarranted flippancy.—
Allure,
Allure,
26 Sep. 2024 -
Almodovar’s flippancy here is his tribute to the relentless of his women.—
IndieWire Staff,
IndieWire,
13 Aug. 2024
Noun
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What’s so special about Britain’s patron wanker of bighearted buffoonery?—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2025
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Fans are fixated on his greatness juxtaposed against the rest of the Bengals’ buffoonery.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
The Athletic,
3 Jan. 2025
Noun
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His coy narrative voice and audacious insouciance, thinly disguised under a patina of classical Oxford education and self-deprecating wit, amuse the reader for several hundred pages.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Jan. 2025
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The theme’s implicit insouciance becomes perplexing when accompanied by scientific studies and even a World Health Organization report touting the healing properties of art.—
Michaëla de Lacaze Mohrmann,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Most striking are the visuals, rendered with vivacity and poignancy.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
22 Nov. 2024
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Rarely in any American film, and certainly any American film before that time, was a prostitute portrayed with such character and vivacity, such disarming truthfulness.—
Jordan Mintzer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Aug. 2024
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“Jocosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jocosity. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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