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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,...
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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...
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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...
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disgust of
influential critics such as
Roger Ebert, who was
prone to
derisively condemn such moves, with
gestures such as "The
Wagging Finger of Shame"...
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Insult Lists of
nicknames List of
phrases using ethnic or
place names as
derisive adjectives Pejorative This
article includes a language-related list of...
- in practice, many
amateurs claimed more than
actual expenditure and the
derisive term "shamateur" was
coined to
describe the practice. The game underwent...
- 19th-century
correspondent in the
London journal Notes and Queries,
Gothic was a
derisive misnomer; the
pointed arcs and
architecture of the
later Middle Ages was...
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indicate that it is not part of the
quoted matter. Sic may also be
inserted derisively or sarcastically, to call
attention to the
original writer's spelling...
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Wuest holds that all
three original New
Testament verses'
usages reflect a
derisive element in the term
Christian to
refer to
followers of
Christ who did not...
- women.)
kazhi mi, be – tell me (insistence); taka li, be? – is that so? (
derisive);
vyarno li, be? – you don't say!. де (de) –
expresses urgency, sometimes...
