“During the meeting, the wiseass continuously interrupted with condescending remarks, thinking they knew better than everyone else.”

“Brash, crass, and overflowing with wiseass attitude, he remains the ultimate postmodern superhero.”

“After 30 seconds, one wiseass started clapping, and a few people around him, those that weren't quietly weeping, started to laugh.”

“Over the years, Stewart changed, too, from a leather-jacketed Gen X wisecracker, into the equivalent, for many viewers, of Walter Cronkite.”

“Joan, new in town, is a wisecracker who just wants to fit in.”

“The ginger-haired wisecracker Hunter, he of the obscure pop-culture references.”

“I'd been saving up this wisecrack for years in the hope of being attacked, but in all the confusion I completely messed up the timing.”

“The modest number of wisecrackers in the back are routinely hushed.”