It’s sarcasm, Josh.”
“Sarcasm?”
“It’s from the Greek, sarkasmos. To bite the lips. It means that you aren’t really saying what you mean, but people will get your point. I invented it, Bartholomew named it.”
“Well, if the village idiot named it, I’m sure it’s a good thing.”
“There you go, you got it.”
“Got what?”
“Sarcasm.”
“No, I meant it.”
“Sure you did.”
“Is that sarcasm?”
“Irony, I think.”
“What’s the difference?”
“I haven’t the slightest idea.”
“So you’re being ironic now, right?”
“No, I really don’t know.”
“Maybe you should ask the idiot.”
“Now you’ve got it.”
“What?”
“Sarcasm.
Stichwörter: humor sarcasm irony
Thinking I'm a moron gives people something to feel smug about," Charles Wallace said. "Why should I disillusion them?
Madeleine L'EngleOne day I'll work out what it is you are saying, my lad, and then you'll be in trouble.
Terry PratchettI thought about suicide all the time, but it seemed toomuch effort, swallowing all those pills or jumping off things. If I'd lived out in the country I would have found a quiet stretch of railway track, and lain on it, fallen asleep, so that I would never have known when my last moment came. In London, the minimum tube fare had gone up so much that even to get near the line cost a fortune. Suicide seemed an extravagance I couldn't afford. People never leave you alone, either; I knew that if I'd tried to lie down on the line, any number of commuters would have pulled me off again, so that I didn't delay their train.
There must have been murderers out there who wanted to kill, with no way of finding those who wanted to be dead. If there had been some way of contacting them, a date-with-death line, I would have called them to set up a meeting. The current ways of death seemed too haphazard; it was all left up to chance. Had Chance come up, tapped me on the shoulder, said "Oi, you - long black tunnel, white light, off you go," I wouldn't have complained.
It was like having frostbite all over - feeling numb and in pain at the same time.
Stichwörter: death suicide sarcasm depression numbness
That was Hunter,' said Quinn as his father's footsteps faded away.
'I figured. Since he said to call him Hunter and everything.
Stichwörter: sarcasm redundant-information
It's Thursday afternoon, and we have sports. These are the choices for the girls: watching an invitational cricket game; studying in one of the classrooms; or watching the senior rugby league. As you can imagine, I'm torn.
Melina MarchettaYou did not just say that. I have a feeling we're on the verge of hugging and coming up with cute nicknames for each other.
Richelle MeadYour wit is always such a delight, Mr. Zeklos. I can barely contain myself around it.
Richelle MeadMystics are all a bit funny in the head anyway," the priest added cynically, "which is why the church locks them all up in mental hospitals and euphemistically calls these institutions monasteries.
Robert Anton WilsonI can be quite sarcastic when I'm in the mood.
J.D. SalingerStichwörter: sarcasm mood sarcastic
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