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  • 1cutting remark — Synonyms and related words: Parthian shot, back answer, caustic remark, comeback, crack, cut, dig, dump, fleer, flout, foolery, gibe, gibing retort, jab, jape, jeer, jest, leg pull, mock, parting shot, put down, put on, quip, rude reproach, scoff …

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  • 2jest — Synonyms and related words: Parthian shot, a continental, a curse, a damn, a darn, a hoot, back answer, badinage, bagatelle, banter, bauble, be merry with, bean, belly laugh, bibelot, bit, blue story, brass farthing, butt, button, byword, byword… …

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  • 3Sarcasm — Sar casm, n. [F. sarcasme, L. sarcasmus, Gr. sarkasmo s, from sarka zein to tear flesh like dogs, to bite the lips in rage, to speak bitterly, to sneer, fr. sa rx, sa rkos, flesh.] A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered with… …

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  • 4quip — quippish, adj. quippishness, n. /kwip/, n., v., quipped, quipping. n. 1. a clever or witty remark or comment. 2. a sharp, sarcastic remark; a cutting jest. 3. a quibble. 4. an odd or fantastic action or thing. v.i. 5. to utter quips. [1525 35;… …

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  • 5sarcasm — n. Taunt, gibe, jeer, fling, satire, irony, ridicule, cutting jest, sneer, flout …

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  • 6quip — /kwɪp / (say kwip) noun 1. a sharp, sarcastic remark; a cutting jest. 2. a clever or witty saying. 3. a quibble. 4. an odd or fantastic action or thing. –verb (i) (quipped, quipping) 5. to utter quips. {backformation from quippy quip, from Latin… …

  • 7David Foster Wallace — at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, January 2006. Born February 21, 1962(1962 02 21) Ithaca, New York Died September 12, 2008( …

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  • 8literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …

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  • 9Hugo Steinhaus — (1968) Naissance 14 janvier 1887 Jasło ( …

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  • 10English literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …

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