NYT tries to explain Colin Quinn’s Twitter feed

“Sly”!

A connoisseur of clichés, Mr. Quinn has an ear for hackneyed language. His tweets precisely capture the nuances of empty verbal tics, strained metaphors and expressions so tired they’ve lost almost all meaning. His deadly prose is so authentic that it has a life of its own. (…)

His mock sincerity generally works best when the jokes inch so close to real sincerity that it’s hard to tell the difference.