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SarcasmDeriving from a Greek word meaning “to strip off the flesh,” sarcasm is caustic, cutting humor in the form of ironic praise, or speaking oppositely in order to wound.Sarcasm |
IronyComic irony is speaking with a veiled meaning or an intended meaning that is opposite to or different from your words, aka dry humor. Sarcasm is a form of comic irony.Irony |
SatireDescribed by literary theorist Northrop Frye as “militant irony,” satire is irony writ large, social criticism that may or may not use humor to make its point.Satire |
BanterA playfully clever or teasing conversation featuring spontaneous and usually rapid joking. Unlike sarcasm, banter is typically friendly and good humored.Banter |
CynicismThe Cynics, named for the Greek word for dog, were philosophers advocating virtue and self-sufficiency above all. Cynicism later came to mean jaded or scornfully negative.Cynicism |
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Sarcastic Quotes
“Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in memory as the wish to forget it.”
“The trouble with a kitten is that it eventually beomes a cat.”
“I wish we were better strangers.”
“I'll always cherish the original misconception I had of you.”
“I tended to place my wife under a pedestal.”
“As the poet said, 'Only God can make a tree' -- probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on.”
“I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves.”
“Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their possessions.”
“We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time.”
“A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.”
“When ideas fail, words come in very handy.”
“Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar.”
“Stay with me; I want to be alone”
“A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.”
“How many people here have telekinetic powers? Raise my hand.”
“When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.”
“When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.”
“If at first you don't succeed, try something easier.”
“He never slows down to think; it's too painful to spend times with his own thoughts.”
“It's never too late to go wrong.”
“The problem with common sense is that most people are morons.”
“One of the lessons of history is that Nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.”
“It's a plastic surgeon you need, not a doctor”
“Personal experience makes a believer out of anyone; that explains the hordes of evolution deniers.”
“Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar.”
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