hot tamale vs riposte

hot tamale

noun
  • A comical person or thing. 

  • A physically attractive person. 

intj
  • An exclamation of surprise. 

riposte

noun
  • A quick and usually witty response to a taunt. 

  • An answer or reply, rapidly uttered, in response to a question or problem. 

  • A thrust given in return after parrying an attack. 

  • A counter-attack in any combat or any sport 

verb
  • To attempt to hit an opponent after parrying an attack. 

  • To respond quickly; particularly if the response is humorous. 

How often have the words hot tamale and riposte occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )