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bon mot

[bon moh, bawn moh] / ˈbɒn ˈmoʊ, bɔ̃ ˈmoʊ /


NOUN
epigram
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The character never has to search long for a bon mot.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2023

Economists would point to the folly of a course of action, and he would pull out a bon mot or caricature them as “the doubters, the doomsters, the gloomsters.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2022

What a generous read on your own bon mot being stolen from you.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2022

I’ve thought about that bon mot a lot during this movie season, where so many stars seem to be swinging for the fences.

From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2021

I’m an eternal stranger forced to reintroduce myself to her one bon mot at a time.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed




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