June 19, 2007

Rejoinder

rejoinder \rih-JOIN-dur\, noun:
An answer to a reply; or, in general, an answer or reply.

Chance on an unbelieving clod, and the ultimate rejoinder is ready at hand: "Listen, dummy, it actually happened!"
-- Benjamin Cheever, "Like Watching Tennis", New York Times, August 17, 1997

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