Attic wit

Attic wit

A shrewd, cutting, or subtle humor or wit. Also referred to as "Attic salt." He lays on the Attic wit a bit too often for my taste; I can never tell when he's being serious.
See also: attic, wit
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • attic
  • Attic salt
  • sharp wit
  • force (someone or something) off on (someone )
  • brevity is the soul of wit
  • poke about in (something)
  • put (something) in mothballs
  • put in mothballs
  • go easy
  • ion