Expression: Wit has truth in it:

Hello everybody

Could you please help me understand the given quote (Reader’s Digest: July 1967) by simplifying it? I would be thankful.

" Wit has truth in it:wisecracking is simply calisthenics
with words."

Waiting…

Tom

" A quote a day keeps comprehension skills problems
away." :smiley:

Hi Tom

Humor or jokes have an element of truth. Making funny or humorous remarks is like telling the truth while giving your vocabulary a work-out.

Amy