Sarcastic Expression

A Sarcastic Expression is a oblique other-mocking humorous expression.

• Context:
  • It can (sometimes) be conveyed with Vocal Overemphasis.
• Example(s):
  • “If I throw a stick, will you leave?”
  • “Does your train of thought have a caboose?”
  • “Whatever kind of look you were going for, you missed.”
  • “Too many freaks, not enough circuses.”
  • “Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.”
  • “That was, ahem, ... fascinating.”
• Counter-Example(s):
  • an Ironic Remark.
  • an Overstating Remark.
  • an Understating Remark.
  • an Self-Mocking Statement.
• See: Taunt, Schadenfreude, Rhetorical Device, Ambivalence.

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References

2016a

• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sarcasm#Noun
  • QUOTE:
    1. Template:Label A sharp form of humor, intended to hurt, that is marked by mocking, sometimes conveyed in speech with vocal over-emphasis. Insincerely saying something which is often (but not necessarily) the opposite of one's intended meaning, often to emphasize how unbelievable or unlikely it sounds if taken literally, thereby illustrating the obvious nature of one's intended meaning.

2016b

• http://www.1843magazine.com/people/the-daily/being-german-is-no-laughing-matter
  • QUOTE: ... That’s not to say that Germans live in a world that’s devoid of comedy or laughter; but it is a world that’s empty, almost, of irony, overstatement and understatement. ... Instead of a raised eyebrow, we get full-body signals to laugh now. Punchlines don’t twist meaning ironically so much as invert it: in short, they rely on sarcasm – the lowest form of humour. ...

2015

• (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/sarcasm Retrieved:2015-5-17.
  • Sarcasm is "a sharp, bitter, or cutting expression or remark; a bitter gibe or taunt." Sarcasm may employ ambivalence, although sarcasm is not necessarily ironic. "The distinctive quality of sarcasm is present in the spoken word and manifested chiefly by vocal inflections". The sarcastic content of a statement will be dependent upon the context in which it appears.

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