Sarcasm

Sarcasm is a form of intelligence or sarcastic expression, often involving irony. the definition of sarcasm is: the use of humor. Quotes Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the Devil; for which reason I have, long since, as good as renounced it. Thomas Carlyle, Sartor Resartus (1833-1834), book II, ch. IV Sarcasm: the last refuge of modest and chaste-souled people when the privacy of their soul is coarsely and intrusively invaded. Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes From the Underground (1864) Sarcasm is the refuge of losers. Richard Hoover, Little Miss Sunshine (2006) Sarcasm and compassion are two of the qualities that make life on earth tolerable. Nick Hornby, Songbook (2003) Sarcasm: the last defense of the truly witless. John G. Pollard, Letters (1981) Sarcasm is not the rapier of wit its wielders seem to believe it to be, but merely a club: it may, by dint of brute force, occasionally raise bruises, but it never cuts or pierces. Rex Stout, as Nero Wolfe Sarcasm is the refuge of a shallow mind. Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo, NCIS (2005), season III, episode XII, "Boxed In" External links sarcasm Category:Discourse Category:Semiotics