Word: wit
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...survival against a deity in another solar system. The core of the book is perhaps the biggest effrontery of all: in his guise as the reincarnated Twain, Carkeet offers letters, notebooks and short stories that allegedly come from the master of the tall tale. They project what his deflating wit would make of the modern world, not least the scholarly cottage industry that has grown up around Twain's own work...
...Celebrity Slams Go Fug Yourself gofugyourself.typepad.com A daily shredding of the sartorial choices of Hollywood stars, complete with photographic evidence. To wit: Parts of Courtney Love's new, larger body "are sort of sloshing around, uncontained, like a Big Gulp spilling all over your gear shift when you take a turn too fast." Chloe Sevigny proves "high-waisted pants are the spawn of Satan's sewing machine...
DIED. J.J. (JAKE) PICKLE, 91, legendary 15-term U.S. Representative from Texas' 10th District, beloved for his wry wit (he passed out plastic pickles on the campaign trail), ready handshake and ability to remember the name of every constituent he met; in Austin, Texas. A former aide to Lyndon B. Johnson who was elected to his boss's old congressional seat in 1963, Pickle helped legislate major reforms to Social Security, pension...
Although, in his New York Times best seller, “Big Russ & Me,” he displays an affectionate humor in a collection of personal memoirs about his relationship with his father, Russert has already stated that the wit in his Class Day speech this year “won’t quite...
...attitude. It has wit. It’s sophisticated. It’s a guilty pleasure,” he said...