Word: snidely
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Miss Manners" (syndicated, 1/29/92) Snide, but well-mannered Judith Martin seems at first glance unnecessary, since anyone etiquette-conscious enough to want to shovel through Martin's prose ought to know this stuff already. Besides, few columnists as smug as Martin--she refers to herself in sentences as "Miss Manners"--can claim as wide an audience...
...Reviewers look at women's commercial fiction in a different light [compared to men's commercial fiction]," Goudge said, commenting on the mixed response of critics, charges: She is bitter that "military potboilers" written by men like Tom Clancy receive acclaim while her own "romantic potboilers" are merely accorded snide remarks...
...make sure this page gets filled with superlative prose and, quite frankly, nobody else would agree to slap together 30 column inches for today's issue. I was going to co-write this piece with Associate Editorial Chair Tara A. Nayak '92, who often makes snide, irritating comments about my social life even though SHE HAS NO SOCIAL LIFE OF HER OWN, but Tara was too busy. No hard feelings, of course...
...they know Professor Hankins, he makes a lot of short, quick little witty comments or snide remarks," Gibel said...
...another point, Cloud's tone towards the senator's style of sincerity seems rather snide for an objective analysis of a candidate. By labeling the senator's singing of "And the Band Played 'Waltzing Mathilda'" as "hoaky," Cloud seems to be injecting an unnecessary brand of brash disdain towards any outward displays of emotion. If Cloud were to ask several Vietnam veterans in the national campaign who were angered by his article, we're sure that he would find it less than a "hoaky" matter to many people...