witticism
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That kind of anguished, not-funny witticism is another commonplace of the American educated classes: OMG, what has happened to this country?
From Salon ● May 31, 2026
“It’s a witticism, which is fine as a witticism,” Muñoz Machado told Spanish news agency EFE.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 26, 2023
“When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” is a witticism attributed frequently but inaccurately to the great 20th-century British economist John Maynard Keynes.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2020
Mr. Bangs, luckily, is relying on more than just Michael Scott witticism.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2020
You will perhaps appreciate then my disappointment concerning my witticism yesterday evening.
From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro
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