| Riffs |
| Wings it? |
| Improvises |
| Does improv |
| Extemporizes |
| Kaufman quips |
| Comics' fortes |
| Improv staples |
| Impromptu bits |
| Talk-show quips |
| Goes off script |
| Does some improv |
| Improvises lines |
| Skips the script |
| Unscripted lines |
| Improvises banter |
| Script deviations |
| Script departures |
| Ditches the script |
| Talks off the cuff |
| Many stand-up lines |
| Speaks off the cuff |
| Wits' laugh-getters |
| Forms a line quickly |
| Puts in lines, maybe |
| Off the cuff remarks |
| Unrehearsed comments |
| Departs from the text |
| They're not rehearsed |
| They're extemporaneous |
| Speaker's space fillers |
| Speaks extemporaneously |
| Goes outside the lines? |
| Reads between the lines? |
| Deviates from the script |
| Ignores the teleprompter |
| They're not in the script |
| Improvises banter to crowd |
| Lines that are not rehearsed |
| Doesn't bother with cue cards, say |