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Definition of deride from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... Learn more about "DERIDE" and related topics at Britannica.com...
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Pejorative - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pejoratives are distinct from profanity, which refers to language that is considered rude; Pejoratives refer more to disapproval and not necessarily rudeness. Sometimes a term may begin as a pejorativ...
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by James Osborne ... While nobody wants domestic terrorists to have easy access to guns, some critics say a bill proposed by Rep. ... The Denying Firearms and Explosives to Dangerous Terrorists Act of 2009 would authorize Attorney General Eric Holder to deny the sale or transfer of firearms to known or suspected terrorists --
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We Berate, You Deride – A closer look at the background of Steven J. Milloy, executive director of DemandDebate.com ... Pingback: Scholars and Rogues » We Berate, You Deride - A closer look at the background of Steven J. Milloy, executive director of DemandDebate.com on November 28, 2007...
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; transitive verb ... ridicule: to show contempt for somebody or something; ... [Mid-16th century. < Latin deridere "laugh down" < ridere "laugh"]
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"Deride" isn't what bothers me about that sentence: it's the "she comes from" part. What I'm deriding her about is being mayor of a town of less than 10,000 people and pointing to that as experience worthy of the vice presidnecy.
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Word of the Day - Learn one new word everyday on Dictionary.com ... Suitably applied or expressed; appropriate; apt. ... We do this sort of thing most weekends anyway, said a lean rebel with gunpowder smudges on his face and the felicitous name of Troy Cool.
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