witty sayings
Sharp humorous observations
Witty sayings are clever, memorable remarks or quips—the kind people repeat at parties or collect in quotation books.
The phrase often appears in titles of compilations: The Little Book of Witty Sayings.
Someone might describe a friend as full of witty sayings.
The term is slightly old-fashioned; modern usage more often just calls them quotes or quips.
- retortQuick, cutting reply
- bon motClever, memorable remark
- turn of phraseDistinctive verbal expression
- aphorismTerse general truth
- epigramPithy, memorable saying
repartee · banter · quip · sharp wit · adage · jest · comeback · dictum · idiom · persiflage · aperçu · axiom · raillery · mot · platitude · Dorothy Parker · pithy remarks · irony
cleverness and originality
witty sayingsplatitudes
Trite moral remarks
clichés · banalities · bromides · truisms · stock phrases