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• n  taking exception; especially a quibble based on a captious argument
  a mere caption unworthy of a reply
• n  translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen
• n  brief description accompanying an illustration
• v  provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing

• Clinton lawyer Bob Bennett has dismissed the suit as "tabloid trash with a legal caption on it" and once boasted that in a trial he could win the case in 20 minutes.
• Commenter Martin Gale starts it off, with the following caption for the photo posted below: Reporters listen as Larry Craig gives a speech in one of his favorite locales.
• Over at Swampland they're soliciting captions for the Obamalight saber pix.

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News & Articles

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• Caption Contest 213 ... and the winners of 212
  Stacy Innerst is the artist. You are the caption writer.
  June 23, 2013 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Your Mike: Cartoon caption contest on the woes of Tigers closer Jose Valverde
  Enter our cartoon caption contest on the continuing saga of Detroit Tigers pitcher Jose Valverde!
  June 21, 2013 - Detroit Free Press
• Photo Caption: Chris ‘Birdman’ Andersen Celebrates Title
  Get creative - leave your best caption in the comments section.
  June 21, 2013 - CBS Chicago

Quotes

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• Roy Greenslade in Melbourne Herald Sun
  What doesn't help is that the caption accompanying it is one of those pieces of rather speculative whimsy, in which the writer is pretending that he knows what she might be thinking,Greenslade told Sky News.
• Michelle Malkin in Los Angeles Times
  In a posting Wednesday night, Malkin wrote: "I did not write the caption and I was not aware of it when it ran (the Baltimore studio doesn't have a monitor). I don't know if the caption writer was making a lame attempt to be hip, clueless about the...
• Abraham Foxman in Jerusalem Post
  While we understand Monsignor Franco's displeasure about the photo caption, his decision to boycott the entire Holocaust Memorial Day ceremonies is unnecessarily insulting and unbecoming,said Abe Foxman, the national director of the ADL and a...