squib
noun
a short and witty or sarcastic saying or writing.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
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These I take to be the most incorrigible of all my readers; nay, I expect they will be squibbing at the Busy-Body himself.
From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Chester E. Jorgenson