When we first meet Michael he is teaching literature at a small college in the Midwest - which he dismissively calls Flyoverland.

He also dismissively called President Kallio "Kulak" and Nordic social democracy "reactionary".

The Demonlords somewhat dismissively call it watery.

"The Typewriter," as the Romans dismissively call it, both bores and affronts them as much for its colorless exterior as for its pomposity.

The chapter devoted to what the author rather dismissively calls "bed-time stories" and "fables" contains a large amount of Persian material.

What Mr. Hyland, the editor of Foreign Affairs, dismissively calls the "Vietnam syndrome" was the increased public resistance to cold war interventionism that began in the late 1960's.

It is his wife, whom he dismissively calls "baby."

First, his failure to build coalitions with our allies from what he dismissively called "old Europe" has imposed far greater demands and risks on our soldiers in Iraq than necessary.

Former President Bush swats away talk about what he dismissively calls "this dynasty stuff" or "this legacy crud."