Senseless Sunday : the definition of Sarcasm.

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I stole this from duckduckgo.com, the search engine that doesn’t gather information from you, because if you want to know everything about me, I’d rather you read it on my blog.

sarcasm

  • n.
    A cutting, often ironic remark intended to express contempt or ridicule.
  • n.
    A form of wit characterized by the use of such remarks.
  • n.
    A biting taunt or gibe, or the use of such a taunt; a bitter, cutting expression; a satirical remark or expression, uttered with scorn or contempt; in rhetoric, a form of irony; bitter irony.
More at Wordnik  from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
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Me, at a party.
A ditz (man or woman) asks, “What time is it?”
I look over my shoulder and say, “According that huge clock, it’s time for you to go home.”
“Why?”
“You’re too drunk to see.  I’m sure that Hortense, yes — that lady wearing the giant muumuu — would be more than happy to take you home.”
(Hint:  There is no lady at the party wearing a muumuu).
“Where?” the ditz asks.
“Are you sure your brain isn’t dead?”
“Why are you disrespecting me?”
“My apologies, your hind @$$, I didn’t know you were royalty.”
THAT is sarcasm.
THIS is not sarcasm:
It is beautiful,  sends a pleasing message…and…
And yet it was posted on a sarcasm group!

Sacrilidge!!! 

When I go to the sarcasm group, I expect to see this:

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Or this:

And especially something like THIS:

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That’s it — I’m off (but you knew that) to scrabble.  I’m hoping to have the letters to spell SPINE.  I feel like mixing things up a bit.

 

©Joelle (sarcasm rocks unless it’s about me) LeGendre

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