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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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Insult Lists of
nicknames List of
phrases using ethnic or
place names as
derisive adjectives Pejorative This
article includes a language-related list of...
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similar to the won sign (₩)
flipped upside-down.
Monopoly money is also a
derisive term used in
multiple senses. The most
common is by
countries that have...
- "Club Fed" is a
derisive term used in
North America to
refer to a
prison whose accommodations are seen as less
severe than many
other prisons. Club Fed...
- Reality-based
community is a
derisive term for
people who base
judgments on facts. It was
first attributed to a
senior official working for U.S. president...
- practice, many
amateurs claimed more than
actual expenditure, and the
derisive term "shamateur" was
coined to
describe the practice. The game underwent...
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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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Project MUSE. pp. 52–74. Look up pejorative, slur, derogatory,
derisive, or
dyslogistic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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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"...
