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The brazen facetiousness of such viral posts was central to how Kent’s horror film has circulated within extremely online circles in the years that followed.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 18, 2024

Elcheson recalled incorrectly thinking other people were being humorous when in fact they were expressing facetiousness.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2021

From that gem of facetiousness came a TV show.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2018

Despite this initial facetiousness, Aaronovitch acclaimed a book he found "technically accomplished, brilliantly written, full of wit and virtuosity".

From The Guardian • Mar. 26, 2011

It was he who coined the term "Big Bang," in a moment of facetiousness, for a radio broadcast in 1952.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson