Amusing name-calling...

I would like to give a comment on Cecil Adam’s name-calling, which I find very amusing.

Names that Cecil Adams have used:
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[li]birdbrain[/li][li]chum (used in a sarcastic manner)[/li][li]muttonhead[/li][/ul]

The name-calling is usually followed by long explanations, though. I find the existence of having a word that is typically used to make fun of someone and a detailed, factual explanation paradoxical and therefore amusing. I appreciate the factual explanations, but the name-calling makes the whole response loaded with sarcastic humor.

One of the things that distinguishes Cecil from his (grossly inferior) competitors is that he does engage in barbed wit. One of his most famous was from 1984: