Author(s):

Chris Messina

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OH is shorthand for "overheard" and works well for spoken snippets of conversation, often taken out of context.

Description:

Overheard is typically used to capture short quotes or quips that are ironic or humorous out of context. They are typically anonymous, since most of the humor comes from context-splicing where the reader is left to imagine what the "overheard" speaker was talking about.

The quote is prefixed by "OH: " following by the quotation.

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