mocking

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Some are mentally soothed by repeating specific words or phrases, a phenomenon known as echolalia, which can be misinterpreted by someone unfamiliar with the trait as mocking or uncooperative.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

You wonder if its designers—the Tokyo-based firm SANAA—were mocking the pristine white box of the contemporary museum gallery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Though many of those “Chuck Norris Facts” were facetious and mocking, there were just as many that served as unironic celebrations of the man.

From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026

Aldi UK has made the case for its Cuthbert the Caterpillar cake to appear on banknotes, even mocking up a job application to the Bank of England.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

With mocking laughter they swaggered off to Odysseus’ palace.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton