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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. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for witticism
Noun
  • Trump sued Maher in 2013 for $5 million after the comedian made a crass joke about his mother and an orangutan.
    Steff Danielle Thomas, The Hill, 19 Apr. 2025
  • While Instagram and TikTok chase global virality, Fizz leans hard into hyper relevance: the inside joke, the anonymous confession, the econ final everyone just bombed.
    Ian Shepherd, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • That sort of showboating elicits laughs from TV audiences, partly because today's younger shoppers are spending less on pricey goods and more on luxury experiences.
    Marco della Cava, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Sharing good laughs goes a long way to strengthening connections and relationships.
    Liz Guthridge, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025

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