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Amusing little piece about rice milk (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

limerick

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'amusing little piece' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'about rice milk' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates an anagram.
'rice'+'milk'='ricemilk'
'ricemilk' anagrammed gives 'LIMERICK'.

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(Other definitions for limerick that I've seen before include "Humorous poem from the Treaty City?" , "Short amusing verse" , "Witty poem from mid-western Irish city" , "Humorous short poem" , "Irish county's produced" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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