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witticism

[wit-uh-siz-uhm]

wit·ti·cism

[wit-uh-siz-uhm]
noun
a witty remark or sentence.

Origin:
1645–55; derivative of witty, modeled on criticism


joke, jest, quip, sally, wisecrack.

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Witticism is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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witticism (ˈwɪtɪˌsɪzəm)
 
n
a clever or witty remark
 
[C17: from witty; coined by Dryden (1677) by analogy with criticism]

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