- - Double-edged humor
- - Swiftian humor
- - Sardonic humor
- - Humor with a twist, perhaps
- - Sardonic humor, e.g.
- - Sardonic form of humor
- - Overused humor technique
- - Nonliteral humor
- - Humor not for dummies
- - Hidden humor
- - A form of wry humor.
- - Certain humor
- - Dry humor
- - Wry humor
- - "Seinfeld" humor type
- - Humor with a twist
- - Sometimes tricky-to-spot humor
- - Humorous literary twist
- - Literary device employed by O Henry
- - "Honesty with the volume cranked up," per George Saunders
- - Doctor going to work sick, e.g.
- - metal unknown – that's the paradox
- - Pretense of ignorance
- - Drama's incongruity
- - press for it? why? satirical use of words will suffice
- - sarcasm from the yankee at the golf club
- - Some memoir on Yeltsin as a form of satire
- - "Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia" being the fear of long words, e.g.
- - Might Smithy work with this wry literary device?
- - sarcasm unknown to press at first
- - Subtle humour cryptically "Fey"?
- - A flight attendant scared of heights, e.g.
- - Subtle humour fey perhaps?
- - "oh, the ......!"
- - focus of an alanis morissette song
- - twist ending feature, sometimes
- - story twist
- - sarcasm in press? unknown
- - a ballerina stumbling on the sidewalk, e.g.
- - Press gallery's close to mocking literary style
- - Figure of speech in which the literal meaning is the opposite of that intended
- - Complaining about social media on Facebook, say
- - a billionaire not having change for the parking meter, e.g.
- - humour with a twist
- - Dramatic ... (literary device in which something unexpected occurs)
- - Tongue-in-cheek literary twist
- - Rhetorical literary device
- - much-debated literary device
- - Literary technique that involves incongruous elements
- - Unexpected twist, like in O. Henry stories
- - Satirical use of words
- - Muted - or refined - sarcasm
- - ... of the situation (dramatic twist)
- - smooth, yet to be ascertained form of wit
- - oft-debated literary device
- - ... of the situation
- - Dramatic ... (wry literary twist)
- - "The ... of the situation..." (humorist's line)
- - The fact that the Bible is the most shoplifted book in America, e.g.
- - Sarcasm from the club youth leader
- - dramatic literary device
- - dry humour
- - Clever sarcasm
- - Novelist's device
- - Opposite of meaning intended
- - What cheating in an ethics class is an example of
- - Satirist's device
- - Subtle sarcasm
- - Device of the wryly humorous
- - Sardonic literary style
- - Twist of fate
- - Satiric twist
- - O. Henry forte
- - Literary sarcasm
- - What air quotes sometimes indicate
- - Tongue-in-cheek quality
- - The fire station burned down, e.g.
- - Sardonic writing
- - It features a twist
- - Humorous literary technique
- - "Hipster Handbook" subject
- - Type of wit
- - Swift strength
- - Subject of an Alanis Morissette tune
- - Stinging surprise
- - Satirist's tool
- - Sardonic wit
- - Sardonic literary tactic
- - Sardonic literary device
- - O. Henry's forte
- - O. Henry trademark
- - O. Henry technique
- - Like hematite
- - Light sarcasm
- - It may be dramatic
- - Biting wit
- - A literary incongruity
- - "Gulliver's Travels" feature
- - Writing device, of a sort
- - Writing device
- - Vonnegut device
- - Use of words to convey the opposite of what they normally mean
- - Twist onstage
- - Twist of a sort
- - Twist in "Oliver Twist"
- - Twist at the end
- - Swiftian device
- - Swift device
- - Speaker's device
- - Sophocles skill
- - Socratic approach
- - Socratic ...... (pretended ignorance)
- - Socratic ...... (feigned ignorance in a discussion)
- - Sense of the absurd
- - Satiric wit
- - Satire, perhaps
- - Sardonic style
- - Sarcasm, e.g.
- - Sarcasm of a sort
- - Quality that Alanis didn't quite hit in a hit song
- - Poetic justice
- - Parking enforcement vehicle getting towed, e.g.
- - Paradoxical sarcasm
- - Onion ingredient?
- - O. Henry's pet device
- - O. Henry's favorite device
- - O. Henry could see it in things
- - Much-misunderstood writing
- - Man bites dog, e.g.
- - Literary twist that might be "dramatic"
- - Literary technique involving incongruity
- - Literary incongruity
- - Literary device much used by O. Henry
- - Literary device in "The Gift of the Magi"
- - It's not to be taken literally
- - It's lost on some people
- - It may feature a twist
- - It can feature a twist
- - Incongruousness
- - Humorist's tool
- - Hipster's sartorial tool
- - Gentle sarcasm
- - Forte of O. Henry
- - Form of sarcasm, e.g.
- - Figure of speech employed in ridicule.
- - Ferruginous
- - Feature of many fables
- - Employment agency layoff, e.g.
- - Dramatic ...... (type of literary twist)
- - Double-edged plot device
- - Dissimulation of a sort
- - Device commonly used in "The Twilight Zone"
- - Certain literary device
- - Asteism
- - All Time Low "The ...... of Choking on a Lifesaver"
- - Alkaline Trio "Agony & ......"
- - Adolph Coors III's allergy to beer, e.g.
- - "The Wizard of Oz" device
- - "The Twilight Zone" plot device
- - "The Gift of the Magi" quality
- - "The gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom," per Anatole France
- - "Oedipus Rex" literary device
- - Ferric ......
- - Literary element
- - Ferrous
- - Unexpected outcome
- - Wit of a sort
- - Swift's forte.
- - A fire station burning down, e.g
- - Dramatic device from smooth Yankee
- - O. Henry hallmark
- - Literary effect in O. Henry's 'The Gift of the Magi'
- - It can be dramatic or situational
- - Sarcastic tone
- - Literary twist of sorts
- - Dramatic technique
- - Plagiarizing an essay about integrity, for example
- - Ungenuine tone
- - Antonym of "earnestness"
- - It's twisty
- - Cop committing a crime, e.g
- - Wry twist
- - A car thief's car getting stolen, e.g
- - Jonathan Swift specialty
- - Smooth youth leader in satire
- - Mild sarcasm
- - Cheating on an ethics exam, e.g
- - Device common on 'Seinfeld'
- - Satire device
- - Spelling mistake on a spelling bee trophy, e.g
- - IRS agent committing tax fraud, e.g
- - O. Henry specialty
- - Swift specialty
- - O. Henry's specialty
- - Swift quality
- - Dry wit
- - Twist in O. Henry stories
- - Wry twisting
- - Twist from O. Henry
- - Single-story elevator factory, say
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