squib
noun
a short and witty or sarcastic saying or writing.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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And there is a cabinet minister; well, we know what he is; I have been squibbing him for these two years, and now that I meet him I feel like a snob.
From Endymion by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield