Question of the Day #870

What Does "OK Boomer" Mean? What Started as a Lighthearted Riff Is Now a Verified Internet Meme

From the headline of this article at Good Housekeeping.

  上記の文で、riffの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "riff" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. リフ、反復楽句
2. 〔小説などの〕テーマ、主題、主題［テーマ］の繰り返し
3. 早口で即座に出る気の利いたせりふ［言い回し］

問題の見出しの場合の意味は、三番の訳になります。
   

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

1. an ostinato phrase (as in jazz) typically supporting a solo improvisation
   also: a piece based on such a phrase
2. a rapid energetic often improvised verbal outpouring
   especially: one that is part of a comic performance
3. a succinct usually witty comment
4. a distinct variation: TAKE
   // a disturbing … riff on the Cinderella story — Daria Donnelly

   

Examples

• a mock news program with humorous riffs on current events
• Rowe does a very clever riff on the nature of prejudice.
• gave us another of his riffs on the decline of civilization.
• The audience screamed with laughter as Schumer ran through her jokes about buttholes, hyperemesis, and Viagra, and settled into a riff about her husband of five years, Chris Fischer. — Ariel Levy, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2022
• Of course, Meyers found that note funny and had to riff with a joke. — Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2022

   

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