punchline的词源

英文词源

schm-youdaoicibaDictYouDict
substituted for the initial sound of a word and reduplicated with it to convey derision (as in "Oedipus schmoedipus" in the punchline of the old joke about the Jewish mother and the psychiatrist), 1929, from the numerous Yiddish words that begin with this sound.
tagline (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"punchline of a joke," 1926, originally "last line in an actor's speech" (1916), from tag (n.1) + line (n.).

中文词源

punchline:妙语,画龙点晴之语

词源不确定。一种说法是来自punch line,虚线,来自过去演员表演笑话时,在稿子上给最后的一句把观众带上高潮的话打上虚线,因此引申词义妙语,画龙点晴之语。

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