6/19/09

HUMOR LEXICON WELLERISM

WELLERISM: After the character San Weller in Charles Dickens's The Pickwick Papers, combining a common expression with a facetious sequel.

i.e "It all comes back to me now," said the Captain as he spat into the wind."

This is taken from an article in CALIFORNIA magazine March/April 2009 had a brief alphabetical Humor Lexicon, author doesn't appear.