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line of questioning en · NOUN
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(idiomatic) A series of questions that are ordered to develop a specific argument or to discover or learn more information about a topic.
Her idiotic line of questioning only works as hilariously well as it does is because of those baffled subjects—the slow blinks, blank stares, and disappointed head shakes of those interviewees as Cunk detonates such boneheaded bombs as “Has anyone ever claimed responsibility for the Big Bang? So we’re no nearer to finding a culprit?” is what keeps the schtick from ever growing stale.
2025 January 3, Christina Izzo, “Cunk On Life is brilliantly funny (and depressingly timely)”, in AV Club:
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