quip
source sentence: This male quip captures something essential about the face of sexism: an ambivalence, or doubled-edged way of thinking, in which women are sometimes treated with contempt and sometimes adored.
context clues: inference clues, (syn.) banter, joke, quirk, (ant.) compliment,
definition: a clever or witty remark or comment
original sentence: After being insulted by his arch nemesis, Bob came back with a quip that even his enemy's minions laughed at.
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