irreverent

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They thought the name irreverent, tongue-in-cheek, and it certainly breaks the ice among the wine-phobic.

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  1. adjective Lacking or exhibiting a lack of reverence; disrespectful.
  2. adjective Critical of what is generally accepted or respected; satirical: irreverent humor.

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  • They looked bored and a little irreverent, which is exactly what Reacher expected from people working night shifts around a cold store full of stiffs. —  Lee Child - [Reacher 12] - Nothing to Lose
  • They thought the name irreverent, tongue-in-cheek, and it certainly breaks the ice among the wine-phobic. —  Seattle Metblogs
  • The author's lively, irreverent, and warm humour energizes every page, and inspires readers to learn and remember its principles. —  Mininova
  • The early returns range from the irreverent -- "The little plastic ends on shoelaces" -- to the political, like "Obamacans" and "The Keating Five." —  techPresident
  • This scenario is the essence of MadWorld: brutal, irreverent, and often hysterical. —  GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features
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  1. from Old French irreverent, French irrévérent = Spanish Portuguese irreverente = Italian irreverente, irriverente, inreverente, from Latin irreveren(t-)s, inreveren(t-)s, not reverent, from in- privative + reveren(t-)s, reverent: see reverent.
 

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