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Originally Posted by Gimlet25id
Hopefully you still get the jest of what I was saying.
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Unless you were intentionally making a pun, you can add your diction too! 
jest
1 : an utterance (as a jeer or quip) intended to be taken as mockery or humor
2 a : PRANK b : a ludicrous circumstance or incident
3 a : a frivolous mood or manner [spoken in
jest] b : gaiety and merriment
gist
1 : the ground of a legal action
2 : the main point or part :ESSENCE [the gist of an argument]