repartees
Quick clever replies
Repartees is the plural of repartee—quick, witty replies or the talent for making them.
A single clever comeback is a repartee; someone known for verbal sparring engages in repartees: Their dinner conversations were famous for brilliant repartees exchanged across the table.
Clever, amusing remarks
- banterPlayful, teasing exchange
- quipsBrief witty remarks
- comebacksQuick retaliatory replies
- retortsWitty or sharp replies
ripostes · exchanges · wordplay · one-liners · zingers · rejoinders · badinage · crosstalk
- Dorothy ParkerRazor-tongued New Yorker
- comedy of mannersGenre mocking social etiquette
- epigramPithy, memorable saying
- satireMockery exposing vice
Shaw · Voltaire · theatrical · scripted · playwright · dialogue · sharp tongue · verbal duel
Hosted meal with guests
- salonGrooming establishment or gathering
- soireeFormal evening party
- cocktail partyDrinks-focused social gathering
- drawing roomFormal reception space
wit · charm · sophistication · eloquence · raconteur · host · guest · social grace
witticisms
Clever, amusing remarks
retorts · ripostes · exchanges · wordplay · one-liners · zingers · rejoinders · badinage · crosstalk · verbal sparring
Oscar Wilde
- Dorothy ParkerRazor-tongued New Yorker
- comedy of mannersGenre mocking social etiquette
- epigramPithy, memorable saying
satire · Shaw · Voltaire · theatrical · scripted · playwright · dialogue · sharp tongue · verbal duel · aphorism
dinner party
Hosted meal with guests
- salonGrooming establishment or gathering
- soireeFormal evening party
- cocktail partyDrinks-focused social gathering
drawing room · wit · charm · sophistication · eloquence · raconteur · host · guest · social grace · parlor
reparteesspeechlessness
Inability to speak
halting speech · hesitations · slow-wittedness · dead air · staircase wit
- witty reparteeQuick, clever conversational exchange