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Asteismus is a rhetorical term for a mocking or humorous reply that employs word play. == Examples == :Professor Wagstaff: Tomorrow we start tearing down the college. :Professors: But professor, where will the students sleep? :Professor Wagstaff: Where they always sleep: in the classroom. : (Groucho Marx in ''Horse Feathers'', 1932) :Captain Spaulding: (Mrs. Rittenhouse and Mrs. Whitehead ) Let's get married. :Mrs. Whitehead: All of us? :Captain Spaulding: All of us. :Mrs. Whitehead: Why, that's bigamy. :Captain Spaulding: Yes, and it's big of me too. : (Groucho Marx and Margaret Irving in ''Animal Crackers'', 1930) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Asteismus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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