Definition of "witticism" []

• A witty remark. See Synonyms at joke. (noun)

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• "You try to pass off a witticism from a film everyone on this planet, except members of hunter-gatherer tribes in the high plateaus of New Guinea and the Amish, have seen?"
• "First of all, with his interlocutors themselves, when his witticism is a direct retort to one of them."
• "While Black Russell was answering Jeff Probst's question about his tribemates, Ben interrupted with the "witticism": "Jeff, I've never read that book: Things Losers Say.""