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Mockery or
mocking is the act of
insulting or
making light of a
person or
other thing,
sometimes merely by taunting, but
often by
making a caricature,...
- treble. As a
derisive slang term, it
refers to a do-gooder or
someone who is
morally upright, in the same
sense that "Boy Scout" (also
derisively)
refers to...
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brackets to
indicate it is not part of the quotation. Sic can also be used
derisively to
direct the reader's
attention to the writer's
spelling mistakes and...
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longtime civic leader James S. T. Stranahan, who
became known (often
derisively) as the "Baron
Haussmann of Brooklyn" for
championing Prospect Park and...
- as
Regular Baptists, Old
School Baptists, Foot
Washing Baptists, or,
derisively, Hard S****
Baptists – are
conservative Baptists adhering to a degree...
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reaction to the
newer uniforms was mixed. Of note, the
jersey numbers were
derisively compared to
digital alarm clock numerals.
Different color sock combinations...
- congregation, and work
primarily through television. The term is also used
derisively by
critics as an
insinuation of
aggrandizement by such ministers. Televangelism...
- the
Barbarian kings of Italy. In the same context,
Germanic law is also
derisively termed leges barbarorum "barbarian law" etc. The
thesis of
Germanic kingship...
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sometimes looked down upon by
other comedians, and the term is
sometimes used
derisively. However, some, such as
Tommy Cooper, rose to
critical acclaim as their...
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Revolution of 1918, the mark was
succeeded by the
Weimar Republic's mark,
derisively referred to as the
Papiermark (lit. 'Paper mark') due to hyperinflation...
