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  • 61ironic — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [ Said of events, works, statements, and the like ] Syn. ironical, paradoxical, contradictory, incongruous, satiric, satirical, wry, sardonic, sarcastic, mocking, humorous, facetious, tongue in cheek, ambiguous, double… …

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  • 62bantering — adjective cleverly amusing in tone a bantering tone facetious remarks tongue in cheek advice • Syn: ↑facetious, ↑tongue in cheek • Similar to: ↑humorous, ↑ …

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  • 63Wittier — Witty Wit ty, a. [Compar. {Wittier}; superl. {Wittiest}.] [AS. witig, wittig. See {Wit}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious; clever; cunning. [Obs.] The deep revolving witty Buckingham. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 64Wittiest — Witty Wit ty, a. [Compar. {Wittier}; superl. {Wittiest}.] [AS. witig, wittig. See {Wit}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious; clever; cunning. [Obs.] The deep revolving witty Buckingham. Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 65Witty — Wit ty, a. [Compar. {Wittier}; superl. {Wittiest}.] [AS. witig, wittig. See {Wit}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. Possessed of wit; knowing; wise; skillful; judicious; clever; cunning. [Obs.] The deep revolving witty Buckingham. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2.… …

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  • 66Fairy tale — For a comparison of fairy tale with other kinds of stories, such as myths, legends and fables, see Traditional stories. For other uses, see Fairy tale (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Fairy Tail …

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  • 67Puss in Boots (fairy tale) — Pippo may also be referring to the Italian footballer, Filippo Pippo Inzaghi. Puss in Boots (Italian: Il Gatto con gli Stivali ; French: Le Chat botté ; Spanish: El Gato con Botas ; German: Der gestiefelte Kater ; Russian: Кот в сапогах ( Kot v… …

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  • 68Okay — For other uses, see Okay (disambiguation). O.K. redirects here. For other uses, see OK (disambiguation). Okay (also spelled OK, O.K. ) is a colloquial English word denoting approval, acceptance, agreement, assent, or acknowledgment. Okay has… …

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  • 69Giovanni Francesco Straparola — Giovanni Francesco (or Gianfrancesco) Straparola (Caravaggio, c. 1480 c. 1557) was an Italian writer and fairy tale collector. He has been termed the progenitor of the literary form of the fairy tale in Europe. [Jack Zipes, The Great Fairy Tale… …

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  • 70Ken Keeler — Kenneth Keeler (Born 1961) is an American comic writer and producer. He has written for numerous TV series, most notably The Simpsons and Futurama . Biography After graduating from St. John s School in Houston, Texas, he studied applied… …

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