This week's theme: Toponyms. sardonic (sahr-DON-ik) adjective
Marked by scorn, mockery, and cynicism. [After Sardinia, a large island in the Mediterranean. Eating a Sardinian plant was believed to produce facial convulsions as if in a maniacal laughter.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=sardonic -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "In no time the plot becomes less and less tangible as Merde Happens evolves into one long, sardonic diatribe by a Brit about the (exaggerated) strangeness of America -- when his French girlfriend isn't snarking about it." Alan Wong; Sardonic Mirth; The Star (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia); May 9, 2008. Sponsored by: Free! Extra issue of any of Champs-Elysees Audio Magazines in French, German, Italian and Spanish. Subscribe at: http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith7 Announce your products, services, or message here. Reach more than 600,000 people in this space. Write to: sponsorsATwordsmith.org (replace AT with @) for details. ............................................................................ The struggle with evil by means of violence is the same as an attempt to stop a cloud, in order that there may be no rain. -Leo Tolstoy, novelist and philosopher (1828-1910) Send your comments to (words AT wordsmith.org). To unsubscribe, update address send gift subscription, etc., visit http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/sardonic.mp3 Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/sardonic.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
