bon mot
Americannoun
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bons mots
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When he realized whence I’d lifted the dinner party bon mot, he gave me grief for my cheaply bought erudition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
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
Then, of course, there’s the song’s instantly memed, irresistibly quotable bon mot, “Sometimes I feel like everybody is a sexy baby, and I’m a monster on the hill.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2022
“Add the occasional bon mot and I’m in.”
From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed
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