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quip (noun, verb):
noun
1a: a clever usually taunting remark : jibe
b: a witty or funny observation or response usually made on the spur of the moment
2: quibble, equivocation
3: something strange, droll, curious, or eccentric : oddity
verb
: to make quips : jibe
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : To tweak a well-known line from Hamlet, brevity is the soul of quip. While jokes are often brief stories with setups followed by surprising and funny endings (chickens crossing roads, elephant footprints in the butter, etc.) quips are even briefer, and not so planned or scripted. They are more likely to arise naturally in conversation when someone is especially quick-witted, firing off zingers or retorts. Brevity also plays a role in quip's etymology: quip is a shortening of quippy, a now-obsolete noun of the same meaning. Quippy's origins are uncertain, but they may lie in the Latin word quippe, meaning "indeed" or "to be sure," which was often used ironically. Quip entered English as a noun in the 1500s, but was verbified within decades; the verb quip means "to make quips" or "to jest or jibe at."
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