Possible Clues:

• Cutting remark
• Roasts are filled with it
• A comment may be dripping with it
• Humor that might not come across online
• Revolutionary piece of journalism's a crass expression of contempt
• Awful massacre mostly brings contempt
• Sneering scars a distressed maiden
• Humor that might be lost in a text message
• Bitter satire
• Scornful language and right after it, audible yawning