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Mockery sharp enough to topple kings, cheap enough for anyone to wield.
means To mock or make fun of someone or something, treating them as laughable or absurd; also the act of such mockery.
from From Latin 'ridiculum,' meaning a joke or laughing matter, itself from 'ridere,' to laugh — the same root that gives us 'deride,' 'derision,' and 'ridiculous.' The word reached English by way of French around the 17th century, arriving first as a noun for something laughable, then sharpening into the verb for the act of laughing someone down.
- latin root
- From ridere, meaning to laugh
- deadly weapon
- Tyrants jail comedians, not critics
- social cost
- Brains process mockery like physical pain
- satire's edge
- Toppled regimes laughter could not respect
the laugh track — audiences mocking performers on shows like american idol and the x factor since the 2000s
roast battle comedy — comedians like jeff ross and snoop dogg publicly insulting celebrities on comedy central roasts since 2006
trial of galileo 1633 — catholic church forced galileo to recant heliocentrism and mocked his scientific findings