John C. McGinley

Groups like the NAACP, The Anti-Defamation League, NOW and GLAAD, will respond to derisive language directed at their constituents. The price paid by those who cavalierly chose to verbally disrespect the dignity of African Americans, Jews, women and homosexuals is steep.

American Actor

Charles M. Blow

While the word 'bisexual' was technically correct, I would only slowly come to use it to refer to myself in part because of the derisive connotations. But, in addition, it would seem to me woefully inadequate and impressionistically inaccurate.

American Journalist

William Shatner

Over the years, I've become barraged by comments from people, such as, 'Beam me up, Scotty!' and I became defensive. I felt they were derisive and engendered an attitude. I am grateful for the success, but didn't want to be mocked.

Canadian Actor

Eric Carmen

It was easy for people to be derisive about our music because they saw what we were doing as retro. But we were like barbarians trying to crash the gates of the bloated progressive rock that we despised.

American Musician

Callie Khouri

Chick flick is not a term used to praise a movie. Nobody says 'it's a great chick flick.' It's a way of being derisive. I'm not clear why it's ok to do it.

American Writer

Cheech Marin

The word 'Chicano' was originally a derisive term from Mexicans to other Mexicans living in the United States.

American Comedian

Used to show strong disapproval, often hurting someone's feelings.

Negative Tone

Sometimes indirect, implying someone or something is not worthy of respect.

Subtle Mockery

Be aware that derisive comments are often offensive and culturally insensitive.

Cultural Sensitivity

 in the universe and the biggest of them all is the Big Bang you know when that expression was coined it was derisive like oh who would believe in a Big Bang you know but now it actually might be more technically accurate because it might bang it might make a sound this animation for my friends at proton studio shows looking at the Big Bang

The sound the universe...

 of two super-massive black holes earlier in the universe's history, the last 15 minutes before they fall together. And it's not just black holes, but it's also any big disturbance in the universe -- and the biggest of them all is the Big Bang. When that expression was coined, it was derisive --

Derisive