witty adjective, wit•ti•er, wit•ti•est. 1. possessing wit in speech or writing; amusingly clever in perception and expression: a witty writer. 2. characterized by wit: a witty remark. 3. British Dialect . intelligent; clever. Example sentences As clever and witty as his writing is, youprobably wouldn't, because there is The production is witty , clever, and blessedly brief. He's kind and so funny-not goofy funny, witty funny-and gets along really great . They don't carry many plants
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“Hey, hey, hey, hey!” As millions of Americans settle in and listen to introductions similar to this one from The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon they expect to hear witty one-liners and prepare to laugh and find a release from their daily nine-to-five grind. Their favorite comedians pepper them with gut-busting jokes about athletes, celebrities, and politicians. Humorists serve as vital functions to society because they give us the potential to see new ideas. For example, in 2017,
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The notion of humour is a broad, multifaceted, and controversial phenomenon which presupposes cultural, social, linguistic, psychological, cognitive etc. constituents. It’s is a pervasive notion in human life and thinking therewith constant in literature and always culture bound. Thus translators always face a challenge when in need to reproduce humour. Jaques Snider Denton in his article The System of Shakespeare's Dramas outlines three most important constituents of Shakespearean comedies. Those
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Acto de Reunión del Patronato de la Fundación Universidad Empresa de la Universitat Jaume I de Castellón (20 de junio de 2012) Buenas días a todos, En primer lugar, quiero agradecer a Don Rafael Benavent Presidente de la Fundación Universidad Empresa y Presidente del Consejo Social de la Univesitat Jaume I que me haya invitado a este acto de Reunión del Patronato de la Fundación Universidad Empresa. Es especialmente satisfactorio que una personalidad de la categoría de Don Rafael, que es
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The story that I like the most is “Big Bill”. The personality of each character, either the main or minor characters, is totally different and that made the story pretty interesting. The theme “friendship” made it even more appealing to me. Therefore, I had chosen this story to be the one that I will be writing about in this essay. The main character of this story is Tulsi Babu. He is different from most ordinary beings, as he is not surprised by almost everything. He thinks that “everything”
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In this story of the Caniberry tales, it was about how these pilgrims traveled to this place in Saint Thomas Becket in Centerbury. Most of their trips were in April which was the springtime. On the way to the pilgrim they decided to take turns telling each other story’s. They all had to tell two story’s one there and two coming back. They agreed whoever told the best story could get a meal for free at the tavern since they knew the lady that owned it. The definition for satire was a form of comedy
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A gorgeous sweet girl who many people mistake as being a supermodel. Has a rocking body with sexy curves, radiant soft skin and gorgeous thick hair which all guys want to run thier hands through. Can be shy at first but when people get to know her they will discover they've made a friend for life, a natalie is the bestest friend you could ever get, she has a hilarious sense of humour and often gives people stitches. Boys throw themselves at natalies, they love her delicious kissing, she's utterly
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NAME: OBAMO IFEOLUWA CLASS: CLASS 4 STUDENT NUMBER: OBAID1403 DATE: 21ST September 21, 2014 INSTRUCTOR: JEREMY STRONG HOW TO MAKE HIM LIKE YOU Sometimes you think you’ve tried everything possible to get that heartthrob’s attention but nothing seems to be working. You walk a little faster in the school hallways just to get next to him. You even spend a little extra time in the mornings just to impress him. Yet he doesn’t see you or even notice all your effort. From research and experience
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To write satire is to perform a miracle. One must hate the world so much that one’s hatred strikes sparks but one must hate it only because it disappoints one’s invincible love of it; one must write in denunciation of ugliness and put the thing down in unmistakable black and white, yet keep this, as all written things, within the sphere of beauty. (Schorer 23). This quotation of Rebecca West interprets the significance of satire and satirist. Sinclair Lewis, the first American to be awarded
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