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one-liner

noun as in quick sly comment

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The LP is pithy in the way that Phoebe Bridgers or Jenny Lewis write one-liners, but it’s an unexpectedly tender songwriter record from one of the sharpest, most self-aware minds in stand-up.

Dubois is a quiet guy but he is becoming a bit of a character with his one-liners.

From BBC

Johnny would spew a few vaguely racist one-liners and get drunk on Coors Banquet, but instead of digging in, the years changed him.

From Salon

So it’s whether I can take the one-liner absurdity and blend it with real truths about my own life.

But, as a stand-up comic, I’ve evolved from a one-liner to a comedian that tells stories, and it’s some really dark stuff but it’s all funny.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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