Learn English – a good term for a fake laugh or a laugh used to camouflage a snide remark

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I'm composing a message to a passive aggressive friend who is quite phoney – they constantly make nasty remarks with a fake laugh attached so as not to be blatantly obvious about their intentions. I would like some feedback on a good word used for that laugh. I could look in the thesaurus or urban dictionary but I prefer hearing other opinions.

I don't need advice on the relationship or test if the message just the word associated with the laugh.

Best Answer

Often such a laugh is called a snicker or a snigger.

to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner

A recent example from the news media:

The most common responses were to snicker about the lack of real photographic or video evidence and to tag a friend and jokingly ask what they were doing in the woods that night.

  • "North Carolina Man Claims Face-to-Face Encounter With Big Hair Biped." The Epoch Times, August 8, 2017
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