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Throughout, Snook hams for laughs, turning Wilde’s witticisms and epigrams into slapstick.
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Christian Lewis, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
The laminated menu taped to the wall was stocked with the usual cheap alcoholic concoctions, plus the occasional witticism and curiosity.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
It’s often noted that TikTok played a major role in the online shift from text to video, changing the shape of memes, as the snappy, often-anonymous witticisms of Twitter were steadily replaced by intimate close-ups of TikTokers monologuing in their bedrooms.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
That is kind of a tongue-in-cheek witticism amongst those who do this for a living.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Christian Lewis, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
The laminated menu taped to the wall was stocked with the usual cheap alcoholic concoctions, plus the occasional witticism and curiosity.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
It’s often noted that TikTok played a major role in the online shift from text to video, changing the shape of memes, as the snappy, often-anonymous witticisms of Twitter were steadily replaced by intimate close-ups of TikTokers monologuing in their bedrooms.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
That is kind of a tongue-in-cheek witticism amongst those who do this for a living.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Witticism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/witticism. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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witticism
noun
wit·ti·cism
ˈwit-ə-ˌsiz-əm 
: a witty saying
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