Webster’s New World College Dictionary defines sarcasm as “a taunting, sneering, cutting or caustic remark,” while the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary–which calls itself the “one of the world’s most ...

It’s funny how sarcasm is associated with humor. “To tear flesh like a dog,” is not a jolly image, but the word nonetheless derives from the Greek sarkazein, meaning just that. It evolved to mean “to ...

Re: “In reversal, Trump says claim Obama founded Islamic State was sarcastic,” Aug. 12 news story. Whatever Donald Trump’s excuse is to avoid his clear slanderous falsehood that President Obama ...

Searches for the words “sarcasm” and “sarcastic” spiked 900% after President Trump attempted to explain why he suggested injecting patients with toxic disinfectants could cure them of coronavirus. In ...

OK, I do have a T-shirt which has the title of this column as the message on the shirt. And, I might have another T-shirt which says something like, “Sarcasm – Just One of the Many Free Services I ...

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Artificial intelligence is not good with sarcasm, humor, or other nuanced forms of human communication. Kevin Zawacki of The Atlantic writes, “Bots’ understanding of humor is so stunted and feeble, it ...