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From the Oxford English Dictionary, "A fixed, grin-like expression resulting from spasm of facial muscles, esp. in tetanus." Also: [Convulsion of the] facial muscles may cause a characteristic expression called Risus sardonicus (from the Latin for scornful laughter) or Risus caninus (from the Latin for doglike laughter or grinning). This facial ...
An insult is an expression, statement, or behavior that is often deliberately disrespectful, offensive, scornful, or derogatory towards an individual or a group. Insults can be intentional or unintentional, and they often aim to belittle, offend, or humiliate the target.
An example of a spontaneous frown used to express displeasure. In social settings frowns are most frequently used to express a range of negative emotions including anger and displeasure.
Emphasis on this aspect of their teachings led, in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, [22] to the modern understanding of cynicism as "an attitude of scornful or jaded negativity, especially a general distrust of the integrity or professed motives of others."
Depiction of sneering used in Darwin's The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals. A sneer is a facial expression of scorn or disgust characterized by a slight raising of one corner of the upper lip, known also as curling the lip or turning up the nose. [1]
George Puttenham in the 16th century described what he called “a mock with a scornful countenance as in some smiling sort looking aside”. [5]"A constant smirk upon the face, and a whiffling activity of the body, are strong indications of futility," the Earl of Chesterfield once wrote in a letter to his son.
An insult is an expression, statement, or behavior, which is disrespectful or scornful. Insult may also refer to: The Insult (1996 novel), a crime novel by Rupert Thomson; Insult, a 1932 British drama film; The Insult, 2017 Lebanese drama film directed by Ziad Doueiri. Also known as Qadiyya raqm 23 in Arabic
However, the authoritative books on the issue ("Slanguage", "Dictionary of Irish Slang", etc) generally say that it came from the introduction of Agricultural Science students to the main campus of UCD in the 1960s. The other students shortened "Agricultural" to "culchie" and the name spread to mean all non-Dublin people.