But sarcasm can also derail a conversation and leave a bad taste in people’s mouths. If you think your sarcasm may have caused conflict, say “sorry,” plan for interactions and learn to say ...

Sarcasm is notoriously difficult to distinguish in online communities. So much, in fact, that a famous internet rule called Poe’s Law is named after the phenomenon. To adapt, users have adopt… ...

In 2018, my Australian co-worker asked me, “Hey, how are you going?”. My response – “I am taking a bus” – was met with a smirk. I had recently moved to Australia. Despite studying English for more ...

2.Sarcasm is also a way of asking for what you want when you are scared to ask for it directly. You might crack a joke about your wife’s crazy shoes because you don’t know how to just say you ...

Sarcasm, at times, can have its rightful place: A comedian on a stage is meant to be ironic. Sarcasm is their stock-in-trade. We know what we are getting. We pay for their irony. It is distanced. Fun.

Although sarcasm is the most common from of verbal irony and is widely used to convey thinly disguised disapproval, contempt and scorn, little or no research has been carried out on its effects ...

Sarcasm so saturates 21st-century America that according to one study of a database of telephone conversations, 23 percent of the time that the phrase “yeah, right” was used, it was uttered ...

Sarcasm does have a way of driving the point home. After three days of intense discussions and debates--featuring stalwarts like Gary Hirshberg of Stonyfield Farms and Majora Carter, founder of ...