n. 妙语, 俏皮话

[ noun ]
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
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Witticism \Wit"ti*cism\, n. [From {Witty}.]
A witty saying; a sentence or phrase which is affectedly
witty; an attempt at wit; a conceit. --Milton.

He is full of conceptions, points of epigram, and
witticisms; all which are below the dignity of heroic
verse. --Addison.