one liners
Pithy comedic jabs
One liners are jokes or witty remarks delivered in a single sentence: He's known for his one liners.
The format prizes compression—setup and punchline collapsed into one punch.
Beyond comedy, one liner describes any memorable single-sentence statement: a politician's one liner that dominates headlines, a movie's quotable one liner.
Also spelled one-liners.
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- comic timingHumor's rhythmic precision
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