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  2. Poe's law - Wikipedia

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    Avoid sarcasm and facetious remarks. Without the voice inflection and body language of personal communication these are easily misinterpreted. A sideways smile, :-), has become widely accepted on the net as an indication that "I'm only kidding". If you submit a satiric item without this symbol, no matter how obvious the satire is to you, do not ...

  3. Sarcasm - Wikipedia

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    In William Brant's Critique of Sarcastic Reason, [19] sarcasm is hypothesized to develop as a cognitive and emotional tool that adolescents use in order to test the borders of politeness and truth in conversation. Sarcasm recognition and expression both require the development of understanding forms of language, especially if sarcasm occurs ...

  4. Joke - Wikipedia

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    It usually takes the form of a story, often with dialogue, and ends in a punch line, whereby the humorous element of the story is revealed; this can be done using a pun or other type of word play, irony or sarcasm, logical incompatibility, hyperbole, or other means. [2] Linguist Robert Hetzron offers the definition:

  5. FACT CHECK: Did Trump Make A TRUTH Social Post ... - AOL

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    An image shared on Facebook purports to show a TRUTH Social post from President-elect Donald Trump admitting he didn’t win the 2024 presidential election. Verdict: False The image is fake and ...

  6. Doublespeak - Wikipedia

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    Doublespeak may take the form of euphemisms (e.g., "downsizing" for layoffs and "servicing the target" for bombing), [1] in which case it is primarily meant to make the truth sound more palatable. It may also refer to intentional ambiguity in language or to actual inversions of meaning. In such cases, doublespeak disguises the nature of the truth.

  7. Wait, What? Here's Exactly What 'DNI' Means on Social Media - AOL

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    These days, we have plenty of forms of communication—from phones, computers, social media and more. This has led to plenty of ways to communicate as well, like using shorthand and Gen Z slang ...

  8. 'I need a grippy sock vacation': Breaking down the Gen ... - AOL

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    But the generation, also known for its particular brand of sarcasm, appears to be coping through the use of some clever, if jarring, humor — namely, with its very own mental health slang term ...

  9. Satire - Wikipedia

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    Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement. [1]