humor, wittiness, eloquence, witticisms, erudition, insightfulness, sarcasm, intellect, irreverence, wordplay, affability, repartee, wryness, brio, perceptiveness, mischievousness, cleverness, playfulness, geniality, articulateness, verve, impishness, directness, cheekiness, lyricism, crustiness, cantankerousness, archness, knowingness, concision, whimsy, breeziness, suavity, pithiness, panache, profundity, glibness, shrewdness, roguishness, bluntness, ingenuousness, drollery, smarts, sly, quips, charisma, pathos, quippy, sauciness, facetiousness, amiability, irascibility, gruffness, articulacy, hilarity, pugnacity, quipster, candor, tirelessness, charm, subtlety, theatricality, zaniness, spunk, flair, patter, drollness, subversiveness, earnestness, flintiness, acerbity, sass, shtik, bawdiness, satire, ironist, feistiness, wittedness, sassiness, pointedness, audaciousness, good naturedness, prose, wisecracks, gregariousness, cornpone, fearlessness, nasality, zingers, perspicacity, zest, quirkiness, bons mots, vivacity, chirpiness, absurdism, gallows humor, punchiness, jocularity, joie de vivre, verbosity, unctuousness, humour, wits, witticism, humorist, satirist, epigram, epigrams, jest, raillery, relish, humourist, pluck, loc, 110, 230, dialogue, diocesan, harvard, philatelic, science, sophical, voluminous, 148, 197, 2, 32, 33, 55, 59, 62, 700, 76

bon mot, caricature, cartoon, caustic remark, fun, gag, imitation, impersonation, irony, jape, jeu d'esprit, joke, laugh, play, ribaldry, sketch, sport, wheeze, yak

ambrose bierce, ambrose gwinett bierce, beat, bierce, bite, chipper, chirpy, circumvent, clever, dazzle, dorothy parker, dorothy rothschild parker, earthbound, fun, marianne craig moore, marianne moore, moore, mordant, oscar fingal o'flahertie wills wilde, oscar wilde, outfox, outsmart, outwit, overreach, parker, pedestrian, piquant, play, pockmark, prosaic, prosy, pungency, ready, scintillating, scintillation, sport, wilde, wry

content, intelligence, message, subject matter, substance

brain, brainpower, card, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wag