• Tramort@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    He describes the photo in his security badge as a smirk. Is it really a smirk? English is not my native language so I would love a native speaker to give an opinion.

    • jadero@programming.dev
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      1 year ago

      One of my dictionaries says a smirk is “To smile in a way that is affected, smug, insolent or contemptuous.”

      A smile typically suggests amusement, and I see nothing in that expression suggestive of amusement. I would call it something more like “displeasure at finding myself having to once again clean up someone else’s mess.” So maybe not actual disgust, but something related.