Thesaurus / sarcasm
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He’s no match to the original C-3PO’s fluency in 6 million forms of communication, but he’s got full linguistic mastery and can learn from humans like humans do—from observation and imitation, whether it’s using sarcasm or sticking dishes into slots.
WHY AI NEEDS A GENOME - ISSUE 108: CHANGELINA ZELDOVICHDECEMBER 8, 2021NAUTILUSOf course, when a student posts a split-second video of the gesture, that sarcasm is lost amid viral context collapse.
NETFLIX’S SHARP SATIRE THE CHAIR THROWS SANDRA OH INTO THE POLITICIZED POWDER KEG OF HIGHER EDJUDY BERMANAUGUST 19, 2021TIMEThere are also plenty of mom accounts drenched in sarcasm, illustrating what a hot mess the maternal experience can be.
THE MANY EMOTIONS OF MOTHERHOOD — AND HOW TO MANAGE THEMILYSE DOBROW DIMARCOJUNE 25, 2021WASHINGTON POSTSo I’ve tried not to be sarcastic because sarcasm and humor do not translate.
RON RIVERA TRIES TO KEEP WASHINGTON FOCUSED AMID INCREASING CORONAVIRUS DISRUPTIONSNICKI JHABVALANOVEMBER 30, 2020WASHINGTON POSTWe try to always keep the self-deprecation in it because that optimism we feel about people does not have room for sarcasm or negativity.
IS IT MORAL TO HAVE FACEBOOK AS A CLIENT? COLLEEN DECOURCY, WIEDEN+KENNEDY CO-PRESIDENT, ISN’T SO SUREEBEN SHAPIROOCTOBER 4, 2020TIMEA vein of shrewd and humorous sarcasm, together with an under-current of quiet selfishness, made him a very pleasant companion. '
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.He had often been floored by argument and coughed down by contempt, but he seemed alike insensible to sarcasm and to insult.
MADAME ROLAND, MAKERS OF HISTORYJOHN S. C. ABBOTTHis manner disconcerts me; but the sarcasm of his words and the offensive tone rouse my resentment.
PRISON MEMOIRS OF AN ANARCHISTALEXANDER BERKMANAvoid sarcasm; it will, unconsciously to yourself, degenerate into pertness, and often downright rudeness.
THE LADIES' BOOK OF ETIQUETTE, AND MANUAL OF POLITENESSFLORENCE HARTLEYI see you were not, said the stranger, an expression of quiet sarcasm playing about his mouth, or you would have known my name.
OLIVER TWIST, VOL. II (OF 3)CHARLES DICKENSWORDS RELATED TO SARCASM
- badinage
- banter
- buffoonery
- burlesque
- caricature
- comeback
- contempt
- derision
- dig
- disdain
- disparagement
- farce
- foolery
- gibe
- irony
- jab
- jeer
- laughter
- mockery
- mordancy
- needling
- parody
- parting shot
- persiflage
- put down
- put on
- raillery
- roast
- sarcasm
- sardonicism
- satire
- scorn
- slam
- sneer
- swipe
- taunt
- taunting
- travesty
- badinage
- banter
- buffoonery
- burlesque
- caricature
- chaff
- comeback
- contempt
- derision
- dig
- disdain
- disparagement
- farce
- foolery
- gibe
- irony
- jab
- jeer
- laughter
- leer
- mockery
- mordancy
- needling
- parody
- parting shot
- persiflage
- put-on
- putdown
- raillery
- rally
- razz
- rib
- roast
- sarcasm
- sardonicism
- satire
- scorn
- slam
- sneer
- swipe
- taunt
- taunting
- travesty
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