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one-liner

[ wuhn-lahy-ner ]

noun

  1. a brief joke or amusing remark.


one-liner

noun

  1. informal.
    a short joke or witty remark or riposte
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of one-liner1

1965–70, Americanism; one line + -er 1
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Knox, the American student accused of murder, who spent four years in an Italian prison, is figuring out a one-liner.

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Movies struggle to capture what’s shaggy and bitter about writers without falling into the trap of one-liners.

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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.

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

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

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