as in joke
something said or done to cause laughter
a drama critic who is best remembered for his biting witticisms
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Recent Examples of witticism
That is kind of a tongue-in-cheek witticism amongst those who do this for a living.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Big as the performance is, Stiller isn’t alone: Writer-director-star Eric Schaeffer also pillages shamelessly from the Sundance playbook of whimsy, giving himself the lion’s share of irony-laden pickup lines and depressive witticisms about the pointlessness of romance.
—Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
Early Turning Point memes read as though the organization had hired a Popsicle-stick-joke writer to make bland, conservative-minded witticisms.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
Playing Jimmy, McKellen gets to unleash some truly withering witticisms.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Big as the performance is, Stiller isn’t alone: Writer-director-star Eric Schaeffer also pillages shamelessly from the Sundance playbook of whimsy, giving himself the lion’s share of irony-laden pickup lines and depressive witticisms about the pointlessness of romance.
—Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
Early Turning Point memes read as though the organization had hired a Popsicle-stick-joke writer to make bland, conservative-minded witticisms.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
Playing Jimmy, McKellen gets to unleash some truly withering witticisms.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for witticism
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“Witticism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/witticism. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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