PEDANTIC

pedantic:
- like a pedant, overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning
- being showy of one’s knowledge, often in a boring manner
- being finicky or picky with language

EUPHEMISM

euphemism: the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant

DERISION

derision:
- the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt
- an object of ridicule or scorn

DOPPELGANGER

doppelganger (Doppelgänger): the ghostly double of a living person