Bit
Response
Response noun - Action or behavior that is done in return to other action or behavior.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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Instead of compelling him to tell the truth in response to a question, every single thing he thinks just spills out of his mouth (truthfully, but not necessarily in response to what he was asked, which is the problematic bit from the interrogator's point of view) and it is impossible to shut him up.
- This is likely a response to a bit in the Simpsons where Bart compares his deeds to Dennis the Menace with similar results.
Source: Menace Decay -
Despite being, well, eight-bit, 8-Bit Theater has this, with Black Mage doing a rather extended one in response to Red Mage's crimes against nature.
Source: Eye Take
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