And the tone of the entire piece is too frivolous to raise serious discussion, beyond acerbic social banter.
Her acerbic fatalism has been her literary signature for more than four decades.
Colonial opportunity for self-advancement created inexplicable cases of rise to fortune which attracted acerbic comment.
He quotes extensively from archival sources, largely letting the materials speak for themselves, although he sometimes adds an acerbic comment on the veracity or credibility of the official in question.
Headlam comes across as an acerbic yet perceptive and sometimes prescient commentator.
But again that is me in my acerbic mood.
I say this to make quite sure that people have not forgotten my acerbic approach to these matters.
I have one rather acerbic remark to make on universities.
