The word "quip" is correct and usable in written English.
A quip is a witty remark or comment, often sarcastic or ironic, so it can be used to make a joke or add humor to a conversation. For example, "Sarah had a quip for every situation; she was always ready with a quick response."
New Hampshire is also a much bigger democratic exercise than Iowa, hence former New Hampshire governor John Sununu's famous, though not entirely accurate quip, that Iowa picks corn while New Hampshire picks presidents.
That quip has been doing the rounds since Tesco confessed last week to exaggerating its profits by £250m, and it strikes at the heart of the scandal.
If it's not Grant Shapps howling "Venezuela" or Boris Johnson bellowing "Vietnam" it's Eric Pickles citing Swedish economist Assar Lindbeck's quip that "rent control" is the best way to destroy cities apart from bombing them.
As Barack Obama heaped praise on the Irish nation time and time again in his keynote speech at Dublin's College Green, a collective quip started up amid the gathered southern Irish journalists.
To an unsuspecting America – he'd already shown his true colours on UK TV on Pop Idol – Simon Cowell was the waspish, perma roll-necked quote generator whose aim was to destroy people's dreams one quip at a time.
All of which left one anonymous respondent to quip: "If you're being criticised from both sides, you've probably found the centre ground".
Related: Alan Bond: the rise, spectacular fall and rise again of the America's Cup hero Hawke's quip comes from a live interview with Channel Nine, a segment that captured the hysteria that the cup win engendered.
This becomes the rhythm of the session, difficult themes and then the release of a quip.
"I think I'm a fairly reasonable mate, yes," Eddie Jr replied, prompting Watson to quip: "$3,486,000 worth of mate".
Famously, when the striker went on loan from Juventus – whose academy he joined as a teenager – to Pescara in 2011, his new manager was waiting with a quip.
The gown that prompted Versace's quip featured a bodice of embroidered tiny crystals custom made by Swarovski for the house and metres of creamy-brown duchesse satin backed with crinoline to give volume.
