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    To be sardonic is to be disdainfully or cynically humorous, or scornfully mocking. A form of wit or humour, being sardonic often involves expressing an...
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  • Sardonic Wrath is the 10th studio album by the Norwegian black metal band Darkthrone. It was released 6 September 2004 by Moonfog Productions, and was...
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    the ritual killing of elderly people in pre-Roman Nuragic Sardinia. Sardonicism Trismus Mr. Sardonicus The Man Who Laughs (1928 film) Twelve Dreams of...
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    The phrase "No good deed goes unpunished" is a sardonic commentary on the frequency with which acts of kindness backfire on those who offer them. In other...
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    the plant responsible for producing the sardonic grin. This plant is a possible candidate for the "sardonic herb", which was a neurotoxic plant referred...
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    in the Urdu language, is revered for his exceptional depth, irony, and sardonic humor. The author of some 250 short stories, radio plays, essays, reminiscences...
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    would be "Sardorum Pater"), as well as being the stem of the adjective "sardonic". In classical antiquity, Sardinia was called a number of names besides...
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    systems of modern American society, articulated in often darkly humorous sardonicism. J. G. Ballard considered Burroughs to be "the most important writer...
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    spectrum of his possible tones: wit, ridicule, irony, sarcasm, cynicism, the sardonic and invective. The type of humour that deals with creating laughter at...
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  • of Western Australia. Alder is known for his popular writing, such as sardonic articles about the lack of basic arithmetic skills in young adults. Alder...
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