Word: sardonicism
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Wells to Fold. Some three decades ago Sir Norman Lockyer, who discovered helium in the sun, urged BAAS to take some notice of social problems, to establish better communications with the public. The members snorted. Sir Norman thereupon organized the British Science Guild, which cooperated on socio-scientific matters with...
Last week Frederic Prokosch followed this unusual novel with a volume of 30 sombre poems no less unusual. Compelling attention by their bold use of language, their mastery of rhythm, their melancholy speculative tone-as well as by the inveterate ambiguity of their meaning-the verses included in The Assassins...
"Some pretty good men are on the street." . . . "You can't convict a million dollars." Sometimes Sandburg brings in more conventional proverbs to contrast with nuggets of contemporary wisdom. Sometimes he merely lists ordinary, everyday greetings to suggest the breezy friendliness of his hero: Where you been so long...
He puts down the sardonic comments on tall tales: "Go on, I'm listening." . . . "Aw shut up, close your trap, button your tongue, you talk too much." He lists the common exaggerations that are so common their mockery is seldom heard:
Few publications reflect the temper of their communities more accurately than the Bawl Street Journal, annual parody of the sedate Wall Street Journal. Put out by the Bond Club of New York in connection with its annual field day, the Bawl Street Journal is edited by John A. Straley, a...