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n. - A striking or amusing or caustic remark.

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Usage examples (36)
  • He always greeted me with a new zinger
  • Going into the film knowing that, the zinger is less of a surprise when it happens.
  • Relatively newbie Miggs makes it look easy with this zinger from the Deception trailer thread: Oooooo!
  • (Our = my co-host Dan Snierson and our producer/editor extraordinaire, the czar of the subtitle zinger, Jason Averett.)
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