Sentences with phrase «flippant use»

Snapchat tells me the pricing is designed to be both affordable enough for the masses so custom lenses generate revenue, and to deter spam and flippant use of the platform.

please check your flippant use of the term ad infinitum.

«It's not just semantics — the flippant use of that word immediately degrades the conversation into platitudes when there is real nuanced discourse that should be happening, and that can lead to better informed creators and viewers,» he said.

Not exact matches

I apologize if I in any way came across as overly flippant (though I think sarcasm can be a proper tool if used correctly), or even oh - so - holier - than - thou.

In its use of flippant humour to deal with dark subject matter, the film has a similar tone to that of the satirical 1990s Holly Hunter drama, The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader - Murdering Mom (based on a similar story about a mother accused of having her daughter's classmate bumped off to improve the daughter's chances of making the cheerleading team).

The blasé and flippant depiction of the violence and sexual violence used against the women is an almost titillating detail used to assist the faux gothic visual flourishes.

In an attempt to be funny, the script uses flippant, silly dialogue and takes a few lowball jabs at Twilight.

And when Nick Gibb was asked about exam stress at the Education Select Committee by NUT members recently elected to it, he made a flippant remark about children needing to do more tests so they get used to the tests, get used to the stress.

So, next time some idiot says to you in some flippant manner, «You should self publish your novel,» tell them they should run a marathon in the same tone they used with you.

persiflage [pur - suh - flahzh] NOUN From the French persifler, to banter, and per -, thoroughly 1) Light, good - natured bantering, often somewhat mocking or using a flippant style; friendly teasing 2) Discussing a subject with a frivolous or flippant style When he brought home an award for being the fastest talker in the class, John faced a barrage of persiflage -LSB-...]

De Jong's use of these materials is a deliberate commentary on the bleak industrialization of culture in the age of mass consumption, and the inevitable end result: a disposable and flippant degradation of humanity.

After the writing task, participants looked at a picture of an attractive opposite - sex person and rated how they would respond if the person approached them, using one of three categories of openers: direct, innocuous, or cute / flippant.

One study found that people perceive those who use innocuous lines as smarter and sexier than those who use cute / flippant lines.

Women are rightfully skeptical of cute / flippant pick - up lines: Research shows that those with a long - term mating strategy tend to use supportive and honest pick - up strategies, whereas those with a short - term strategy tend to use manipulation and dishonesty.