| 单词 | witticism |
| 释义 | witticism (once / 5298 pages) n Witticism describes something funny that someone says, like a pun or little joke. You may have heard that it is good to start off a speech with witticism because if you make the audience laugh, it'll help them — and you — relax. English playwright and poet John Dryden coined the word witticism in the seventeenth century, combining the words witty and criticism to come up with a word to describe a clever quip that has a hint of sharpness or irony. A witticism is typically a one-liner that humorously sums up the current situation — with a little bit of attitude thrown in. WORD FAMILYwitticism: witticisms+/wit: witless, wits, witticism, witty/witless: witlessly/witty: wittier, wittiest, wittily, wittiness USAGE EXAMPLESHe has returned to New York for three nights of readings and witticisms. New York Times(Nov 17, 2016) The snarker sees a collection of Hummel figurines and issues a sharp witticism connecting their cloying aesthetic to, say, the Trump campaign. Salon(Aug 30, 2016) During the ICBM’s development in the late 1950s, Dr. Ramo he became legendary for capsulizing complex ideas into off-the-cuff witticisms. Washington Post(Jun 29, 2016) n a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter Syn|Hypo|Hyper humor, humour, wit, wittiness jeu d'esprit a witty comment or writing bon mot, mota clever remark esprit de l'escaliera witty remark that occurs to you too late bite, pungencywit having a sharp and caustic quality caustic remark, irony, sarcasm, satirewitty language used to convey insults or scorn reparteeadroitness and cleverness in reply gag, jape, jest, joke, laugha humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter caricature, imitation, impersonationa representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect cartoon, sketcha humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine fun, play, sportverbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously) ribaldryribald humor topperan exceedingly good witticism that surpasses all that have gone before mock-heroica satirical imitation of heroic verse backchat, banter, give-and-take, raillerylight teasing repartee belly laugh, howler, riot, scream, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wowa joke that seems extremely funny blue joke, blue story, dirty joke, dirty storyan indelicate joke ethnic jokea joke at the expense of some ethnic group funny, funny remark, funny story, good storyan account of an amusing incident (usually with a punch line) in-jokea joke that is appreciated only by members of some particular group of people one-linera one-line joke shaggy dog storya long rambling joke whose humor derives from its pointlessness sick jokea joke in bad taste sight gag, visual jokea joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie) burlesque, charade, lampoon, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travestya composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way jocosity, jocularityfun characterized by humor waggery, waggishnesswaggish behavior clowning, comedy, drollery, funninessa comic incident or series of incidents paronomasia, pun, punning, wordplaya humorous play on words cartoon strip, comic strip, funnies, stripa sequence of drawings telling a story in a newspaper or comic book content, message, subject matter, substance what a communication that is about something is about |
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