Hello, I mean barb as in a biting or pointedly critical remark or comment.
M mickykan215 New member Joined Mar 31, 2015 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Chinese Home Country Hong Kong Current Location Hong Kong Dec 29, 2015 #1 Hello, I mean barb as in a biting or pointedly critical remark or comment.
Matthew Wai VIP Member Joined Nov 29, 2013 Member Type Native Language Chinese Home Country China Current Location China Dec 29, 2015 #2 'Barbed.'──quoted from http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/barbed#p008-000785279
T TheParser VIP Member Joined Dec 8, 2009 Member Type Other Native Language English Home Country United States Current Location United States Dec 29, 2015 #3 ***** NOT A TEACHER ***** "Clearly, this was his attempt to test the water to see if I could absorb his thinly veiled barbed comment without retaliation, ..." -- Paul Marcus, How to Laugh Your Way Through Life: A Psychoanalyst's Advice (2013), Google "books." Last edited: Dec 29, 2015
***** NOT A TEACHER ***** "Clearly, this was his attempt to test the water to see if I could absorb his thinly veiled barbed comment without retaliation, ..." -- Paul Marcus, How to Laugh Your Way Through Life: A Psychoanalyst's Advice (2013), Google "books."
T Tarheel VIP Member Joined Jun 16, 2014 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States Dec 29, 2015 #4 Well, it was a barbed remark he made, but I didn't get it because I don't understand sarcasm. ;-)