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The answer was “girls who wear glasses.” Defending champion Will Wallace got the answer right. “Yeah, a little problematic,” host Ken Jennings said after Wallace gave his answer.
Caustic humour is a type of humour which relies on witty insults.As is implied by the name (which literally means humour which is designed to burn or to corrode), it involves the clever use of language to convey biting, insulting, or sometimes even cruel remarks.
A rhyme may be subverted either by stopping short, or by replacing the expected word with another (which may have the same rhyme or not). Teasing rhyme is a form of innuendo, where the unsaid word is taboo or completes a sentence indelicately. An example, in the context of cheerleading:
I always tell new hires, don’t think of me as your boss, think of me as a friend who can fire you. Patient: Oh doctor, I’m just so nervous. This is my first operation. Doctor: Don’t worry ...
Sticks and Stones" is an English-language children's rhyme. The rhyme is used as a defense against name-calling and verbal bullying, intended to increase resiliency, avoid physical retaliation, and/or to remain calm and indifferent. The full rhyme is usually a variant of:
Image credits: Jeopardy! But the iconic Dorothy Parker line didn’t sit well with some, as Heather Ryan, a fellow contestant onstage, happened to be wearing glasses herself.. Ken quickly sensed ...
Doggerel, or doggrel, is poetry that is irregular in rhythm and in rhyme, often deliberately for burlesque or comic effect. Alternatively, it can mean verse which has a monotonous rhythm, easy rhyme, and cheap or trivial meaning. The word is derived from the Middle English dogerel, probably a derivative of dog. [1]
And for her sake he broke the bonds of rhyme, And in this subtler measure hid his woe. 'Harsh be my lines,' cried Arnaut, 'harsh the woe My lady, that enthorn'd and cruel rose, Inflicts on him that made her live in rhyme!' But through the metre spake the voice of Love, And like a wild-wood nightingale he sang Who thought in crabbed lays to ease ...