Sardonic

• “Sardonic is a pretty strong trait by itself, I think you should go for other minor negative characteristics.”

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• “Sardonic" isn't an expression I expected to see on my daughter's face when I glanced up from my book; she was eating an apple, watching Justin Fletcher being Mr Tumble on CBeebies, and looking sardonic.”

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• “Sardonic: disdainfully or skeptically humorous: derisively mocking”

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• “Sardonic humour lightened the mood only slightly when Capello added: "He will be fresh.”

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• “Sardonic swipes such as this, lead me to believe there is still hope.”

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• “Sardonic SOB: What was the name of that Turtledove story?”

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• “Sardonic cake is both a wreck and observant of this.”

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• “Sardonic, deadpan, and if you like the geeky angular interestingly-nosed vaguely-reminiscent of mcurry-type, dead hot.”

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• “Stephen Burt has also asked whether or not anyone has caused the output of anagram-devices to “sound like anything more than […] games” — and so I have offered, as a potential contender, my own poem Ten Maps of Sardonic Wit, originally published as an artbook exhibited at the Marianne Boesky Gallery in New York City for the artshow “Poetry Plastique.””

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• “Do you know if anyone bought Ten Maps of Sardonic Wit?”

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