bon mot
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Nericcio is usually quick to a bon mot, but his worrisome tone when we talked was something I had never heard in the 15 years we’ve known each other.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025
I have a bon mot I frequently employ: cautiously poss-imistic.
From Salon • Dec. 26, 2023
What a generous read on your own bon mot being stolen from you.
From Slate • Jun. 3, 2022
Keynes’s bon mot has a sting in its tail: We can afford anything we can actually do.
From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2021
I’m an eternal stranger forced to reintroduce myself to her one bon mot at a time.
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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