An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
WITTICISM
wit, humor, humour, witticism, wittiness
(noun) a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
witticism (plural witticisms)
a witty remark
Synonyms
• See also joke
Source: Wiktionary
Wit"ti*cism, n. Etym: [From Witty.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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