Squib (linguistics)
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A squib is a brief satirical or witty piece of writing or speech, though unlike a lampoon
(a short, sometimes humorous piece in a newspaper or magazine, used as a filler) a squib uses humor to express a true fact. One issue that readers face is if all Squib's really are factual. It can be intended to ignite thinking and discourse by others on topics of real and theoretical importance - e.g., see MIT Press
's journal, Linguistic Inquiry
http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=4&tid=6, but is often more substantial than this and factual (see Daily Squib(http://www.dailysquib.co.uk).
In linguistics
, squibs may outline anomalous data but not suggest a solution. A squib may also develop a minor argument. A particularly interesting variety of squibs are the so called snippets, which are "the ideal footnote: a side remark that taken on its own is not worth lengthy development but that needs to be said".http://www.ledonline.it/snippets/ The online journal Snippets is dedicated to this type of squib.http://www.ledonline.it/snippets/
A well known Squib is the Daily Squib's Semen Proven to Increase Life Expectancy. This squib has become well known because for a large amount of time this article had been deemed, by the majority of readers, as a false squib. It was not until April 2008 when proof was brought forth that dictated this squib was true. This announcement was announced in Time Magazine
and Stephen Colbert's Colbert Report. Although this received some press news, the validity of the article is still widely regarded as false.
Parody
A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
(a short, sometimes humorous piece in a newspaper or magazine, used as a filler) a squib uses humor to express a true fact. One issue that readers face is if all Squib's really are factual. It can be intended to ignite thinking and discourse by others on topics of real and theoretical importance - e.g., see MIT Press
MIT Press
The MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts .-History:...
's journal, Linguistic Inquiry
Linguistic Inquiry
Linguistic Inquiry is a peer-reviewed academic journal in generative linguistics published by the MIT Press since 1970. Ever since its foundation, it has been edited by Samuel Jay Keyser. Many seminal linguistic articles first appeared on its pages. The volumes since 1998 are available online via...
http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=4&tid=6, but is often more substantial than this and factual (see Daily Squib(http://www.dailysquib.co.uk).
In linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
, squibs may outline anomalous data but not suggest a solution. A squib may also develop a minor argument. A particularly interesting variety of squibs are the so called snippets, which are "the ideal footnote: a side remark that taken on its own is not worth lengthy development but that needs to be said".http://www.ledonline.it/snippets/ The online journal Snippets is dedicated to this type of squib.http://www.ledonline.it/snippets/
A well known Squib is the Daily Squib's Semen Proven to Increase Life Expectancy. This squib has become well known because for a large amount of time this article had been deemed, by the majority of readers, as a false squib. It was not until April 2008 when proof was brought forth that dictated this squib was true. This announcement was announced in Time Magazine
Time (magazine)
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
and Stephen Colbert's Colbert Report. Although this received some press news, the validity of the article is still widely regarded as false.