Bonmot

Bon´mot`

A witty repartee; a jest.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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Given Wilde's desire to simultaneously publicize himself and evade the public gaze with Intentions, it is telling that in the various pseudonyms that Wainewright deployed in his career (Janus Weathercock, Egomet Bonmot, and Van Vinkvooms) Wilde adduces a playful attitude on the part of his subject to the public.

Rereading Oscar Wilde's intentions for "The Importance of Doing Nothing"

Themanagers' minds.Which is why every big game these days is prefaced with a fortnight to four months' worth of mindgames, as opposing managers try to unnerve each other with a witty bonmot here or some random nonsense there

Moaning of Life; Just as you thought it couldn't get any worse

"Janus Weathercock" and "Egomet Bonmot," Wainewright's whimsical textual doubles, are the creations of an obsessive, if not insane, murderer.

Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and the (Un)Death of the Author

I have happy memories of Bob and am particularly delighted in his bonmots.

City's first citizen must be given due respect

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