warp and woof

Language is the warp and woof of our social fabric.

Most of these considerations will be beside the point if you’re a fan of the verbal warp and woof of Caspe’s method — the enveloping fabric of one-liners, insults, puns and, especially, references that register as jokes simply by virtue of their surprise value.

There was a lot that was left out of those books, on women and minorities, and on the warp and woof of daily life.

Amusingly and effectively, for a vocalist who’s never needed much help with her pitch, many of her bars even use a smattering of Auto-Tune to import a more contemporary warp and woof.

"Mosaic" ends with a movement called "The warp and woof."