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Old 17-02-2013, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by clive milne View Post
That implies a degree of wisdom or understanding of the subject matter which is no where in evidence.
...maybe?

1. disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking; - Example: "his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists"- Frank Schoenberner - Example: "a wry pleasure to be...reminded of all that one is missing"- Irwin Edman

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0: 18 Moby Thesaurus words for "sardonic": Rabelaisian, caustic, contemptuous, corrosive, cynical, derisive, derisory, disdainful, dry, ironic, ironical, jeering, mocking, sarcastic, satiric, saturnine, sneering, wry
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