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DIASYRM — [Noun] A rhetorical device that disparages something already considered petty by describing it in terms that render it even more contemptible. From Ancient Greek διασυρμός (diasurmós, "ridicule, disparagement"), from διασύρω (diasúrō, "to tear apart, to drag through, to disparage"), from διά (dia, "through, apart") and σύρω (súrō, "to drag, to pull"). Unlike meiosis, a general and often ironic understatement, or damning with faint praise, which cloaks criticism in ambiguous compliment, diasyrm is overt rhetorical overkill, applying a sledgehammer to a gnat. It is calling a miser's hoard "a pile of greasy pennies," dismissing a feeble argument as "the last, guttering sputter of a candle already drowned in its own wax," or branding a petty grievance "the whining of a gutless gnat." It is contempt honed to a fine, annihilating point, proving the deepest disdain is reserved for meannesses so small they barely merit the energy required to despise them.