![]() ![]() These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'snippy.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2022 Dot-Marie Jones plays a physically imposing lesbian, Jim Rash plays a snippy bisexual and Miss Lawrence plays a gender-nonconforming person who cultivates a Zen-like serenity. 2021 So Danny and Tess, and thus Clooney and Roberts, have to generate enough heat and chemistry underneath the snippy surface to justify everything else in the movie. 2022 Ex-royals can be a wee bit snippy, too. Paul Theroux, Harper’s Magazine , 17 Aug. Erik Kain, Forbes, Frank said in a snippy voice. 2023 June is short and snippy with Janine. 2020 And when critics started pushing back, Hogan got snippy. Instead of finding anything out about Lucy himself, or anything at all really, we get the illusion of a comic, and the illusion of a show.Recent Examples on the Web Poll watchers in a few key states unleashed a wave of affidavits that testified to the suspicious creasing (or creaselessness) of ballots, to the odd positioning of random boxes, to the snippy behavior of fellow volunteers who were anxious about the virus and vigilant about pandemic precautions. Especially as he’s the spit of Sam Smith.īut really Reluctant Millennial just shows the kind of rubbish you can get away with. He knows how to deliver a joke and tell a story and the audience seems to be enjoying it all. He’s a super-relaxed presence onstage, a nice likeable bloke, friendly and chatty. You can see why Lucy has been chosen as a comic to invest in. It would go along the lines of: ‘You look like an intelligent man sir, do you know much about cars? I bet you do.’ ‘Yes.’ 'I don’t know much about cars, a few years ago…’ I’ve had more meaningful conversations with my cat. Of course, comics throw out questions as a springboard for some material, but Lucy has whittled this down to the most soulless and disingenuous exchange possible. The most infuriating thing for me was when Lucy got so obviously lazy with his audience chat. Lucy is certainly complacent in his material but I take issue more with the game: how he has been plucked and groomed for success when he’s so underdeveloped as a comic. Meanwhile, Brits drink a lot and Cornwall is incestuous – stop the press. He has some good lines on post-coital awkwardness, and his idea for another legal option beyond guilty and not guilty (and not proven in Scotland) shows a bit of imagination.Ī lot of premises for jokes are very basic though, comparing two unlikely or opposed things, like the difference between what he and a pigeon have achieved by the age of 15, Amazon-style reviews on dating apps, today’s definition of the word ‘icon’ compared to in days gone by. There is some stronger material towards the end on being on a dating app and a one-night stand he had, which at least tell us a tiny bit more about who he is. The closest Lucy gets to giving us something interesting on all this is on the topic of social media, and the looming presence of your parents, but even then it’s through the prism of being a comic, and having his Twitter jokes batted back at him by his dad. ‘It’s scary being young at the moment’ sounds as if it might be going somewhere but arrives at a joke where his mum says something flippant about the Trump wall, and terminates there. His reversal of the phrase ‘I’m old enough to be your mum’ wasn’t a particularly snappy bit of joke-writing. Among the ‘blistering new material’ is the observation that he doesn’t understand cars and the news. In reality, he has almost nothing to say on what it’s like being a young man in 2018. The blurb for Reluctant Millennial suggests he’s some kind of spokesman for his generation (never mind that he’s not even a millennial, I’m sure it was decided on his behalf that that was the buzzword that needed to be in the title). Fair enough if you’re not living a normal 22-year-old’s life, but it the minimum effort has gone into generating this material. Later on, he jokes about the ‘phones and laptops only’ sign above plugs on trains. I get the mild version since my family doesnt love spicy. Open a can of diced green chile and save the lid. ![]() V8 comes in different sizes so get whatever size is available to get to about 11 ounces or 1 ½ cups. ![]() One routine is about gigging in the US and being introduced on stage in a strange way, another is about gigging in Dubai and seeing a funny sign by the swimming pool. To a small bowl or jar, add the V8 juice. Lucy says that he doesn’t live a normal life and that he’s trying to do more things that other 22-year-olds do, he definitely needs to pursue this because at the moment his material is almost entirely generic and incurious. It might seem a good thing to become a successful stand-up early on, but Tom Lucy’s second show gives an indication of how it can actually stunt a comic. ![]()
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