quippy

quippy

English

Etymology

From quip +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkwɪpi/

Adjective

quippy (comparative quippier, superlative quippiest)

1. Joky; inclined to or characterised by quipping.
   • 2003, Dorcas S Miller, More Backcountry Cooking: Moveable Feasts from the Experts

     I usually flinch at the quippy philosophies espoused on car bumper stickers...

   • 2008, Pierre Dillenbourg, Times of convergence: technologies across learning contexts

     One of them told us in a quippy comment: “we are not architects”.

   • 2009 April 19, Pico Iyer, “Rough Guide to Transformation”, in New York Times‎:

     Dyer’s trademark wit and uniqueness, in fact, surround you before you’ve even turned to the first page: the first half of his title, “Jeff in Venice,” at once offers a quippy come-on and announces he’s going to subvert and update the classic novella by Thomas Mann (putting the self, or anti-self, in place of death) […]