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- noun Alternative spelling of
punch line .
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Examples
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"The new religions, Islam and Christianity, are just on the top," says a classic Naipaul informant, a lawyer and former university dean in Gabon; his punchline is a perfect short Naipaulian thematic sentence: "Inside us is the forest."
Christopher Lydon: V. S. Naipaul's "Gloomy Clarity" About Africa and Himself (AUDIO) Christopher Lydon 2010
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"The new religions, Islam and Christianity, are just on the top," says a classic Naipaul informant, a lawyer and former university dean in Gabon; his punchline is a perfect short Naipaulian thematic sentence: "Inside us is the forest."
Christopher Lydon: V. S. Naipaul's "Gloomy Clarity" About Africa and Himself (AUDIO) Christopher Lydon 2010
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The laughter comes from an unfamiliar situation, much like a joke that sets up a situation and the punchline is the unexpected opposite.
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So, your punchline is a story about what happened in a completely different branch of government.
Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Beatings will continue until morale improves 2010
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"The new religions, Islam and Christianity, are just on the top," says a classic Naipaul informant, a lawyer and former university dean in Gabon; his punchline is a perfect short Naipaulian thematic sentence: "Inside us is the forest."
Christopher Lydon: V. S. Naipaul's "Gloomy Clarity" About Africa and Himself (AUDIO) Christopher Lydon 2010
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"The new religions, Islam and Christianity, are just on the top," says a classic Naipaul informant, a lawyer and former university dean in Gabon; his punchline is a perfect short Naipaulian thematic sentence: "Inside us is the forest."
Christopher Lydon: V. S. Naipaul's "Gloomy Clarity" about Africa and Himself (AUDIO) Christopher Lydon 2010
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"The new religions, Islam and Christianity, are just on the top," says a classic Naipaul informant, a lawyer and former university dean in Gabon; his punchline is a perfect short Naipaulian thematic sentence: "Inside us is the forest."
Christopher Lydon: V. S. Naipaul's "Gloomy Clarity" About Africa and Himself (AUDIO) Christopher Lydon 2010
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I always enjoy a good joke where the punchline is "Sarah Palin."
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So the real punchline is that the USAF is leveraging this cost differential to get a supercomputer at a cheaper price.
Weapons and Technology from the Gaming Industry? « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2010
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Through the aid of these devices, the speakers told "jokes" -- an elaborate form of subjective communication in which a "punchline" is delivered after a long set-up.
How Will The Media Cover The Rally To Restore Sanity, Which Apparently Terrifies Them? The Huffington Post News Team 2010
bilby commented on the word punchline
Cut to the chase.
January 22, 2010
reesetee commented on the word punchline
That'll be just the thing for some of skipvia's comments. ;->
January 22, 2010