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Sarcasm
Sarcasm Sar"casm, n. [F. sarcasme, L. sarcasmus, Gr.
sarkasmo`s, from sarka`zein to tear flesh like dogs, to bite
the lips in rage, to speak bitterly, to sneer, fr. sa`rx,
sa`rkos, flesh.]
A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered
with some degree of scorn or contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a
cutting jest.
The sarcasms of those critics who imagine our art to be
a matter of inspiration. --Sir J.
Reynolds.
Syn: Satire; irony; ridicule; taunt; gibe.
Meaning of sarcasm from wikipedia
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Sarcasm is the
caustic use of words,
often in a
humorous way, to mock
someone or something.
Sarcasm may
employ ambivalence,
although it is not necessarily...
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punctuation is any form of
notation proposed or used to
denote irony or
sarcasm in text.
Written text, in
English and
other languages,
lacks a standard...
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Multiple Sarcasms is a 2010
American drama film
starring Timothy Hutton, Mira Sorvino,
Stockard Channing, Dana
Delany and
Mario Van Peebles. It was sold...
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sarcasm or
ridicule in
which laudatory expressions are used to
imply condemnation or contempt". "Non-literary
irony is
often called sarcasm".
Sarcasm:...
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Sarcasms, Op. 17 (Russian: Сарказмы,
pronounced sarkazmy),
initially alternatively entitled Sarcastic Pieces, is a 1914 solo
piano composition by Russian...
- extremism. Its
original conceptualization held that
online parodies or
sarcasm on
religious views are
indistinguishable from
sincere expressions of religious...
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wider issues in society. A
prominent feature of
satire is
strong irony or
sarcasm—"in satire,
irony is militant",
according to
literary critic Northrop Frye—...
- the
internet to
denote sarcasm. This
symbol is an
abbreviated version of the
earlier /
sarcasm,
itself a
simplification of </
sarcasm>, the form of a humorous...
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Scare quotes (also
called shudder quotes,
sneer quotes, and
quibble marks[citation needed]) are
quotation marks that
writers place around a word or phrase...
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Phoebe Buffay (born 1967/1968) is one of the six main
characters from the
American television sitcom, Friends. She was
created by
David Crane and Marta...
