derisive

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• Nima Zeighami, who works in the immersive technology industry and was at the conference, posted an extremely entertaining and derisive Tweet thread chronicling all of the uses of the word “metaverse” on various ads and branding exercises.

  The Metaverse Ideas From CES 2022 That We’re Most Excited – and Confused – About | Andrew R. Chow | January 13, 2022 | Time

• Within the FBI, some frustrated agents quickly started using a derisive nickname for ZeroFox — replacing the “Fox” with a similar-sounding expletive, to indicate how little use it seemed to have.

  Warnings of Jan. 6 violence preceded the Capitol riot | Hannah Allam, Devlin Barrett, Aaron Davis, Josh Dawsey, Amy Gardner, Shane Harris, Rosalind Helderman, Paul Kane, Dan Lamothe, Carol D. Leonnig, Nick Miroff, Ellen Nakashima, Ashley Parker, Beth Reinhard, Philip Rucker, Craig Timberg, Phoebe Connelly, Natalia Jiménez-Stuard, Madison Walls, Tyler Remmel | October 31, 2021 | Washington Post

• That being said, people in the deaf community felt free to make pointed and derisive comments about my CI.

  This Is What It Is Like To Be Deaf From Birth | Quora Contributor | December 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

• The message is derisive—rhabdomyolysis and whatever else might happen to certain people is really for wimps and buffoons only.

  Cool It on the CrossFit: What’s Rhabdomyolysis? | Kent Sepkowitz | October 11, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

• In his 60s and into his 80s, he loved taking down braggarts and bullies derisive of his age.

  Marty Reisman: The Magical Hustler Who Saved a Classic Game | Harold Evans | December 10, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST