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The physical act of putting one's tongue into one's cheek once signified contempt. [4] For example, in Tobias Smollett's The Adventures of Roderick Random, which was published in 1748, the eponymous hero takes a coach to Bath and on the way apprehends a highwayman. This provokes an altercation with a less brave passenger:
Also, the Scream Series is not exactly tongue-in-cheek; the sarcasm is a bit to obvious. 75.119.242.18 22:00, 25 August 2010 (UTC) If this article is to keep examples, it should only keep examples that have been described as "tongue-in-cheek" in reliable sources. Powers T 15:57, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
A simple smiley. This is a list of emoticons or textual portrayals of a writer's moods or facial expressions in the form of icons.Originally, these icons consisted of ASCII art, and later, Shift JIS art and Unicode art.
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British humour carries a strong element of satire aimed at the absurdity of everyday life.Common themes include sarcasm, tongue-in-cheek, banter, insults, self-deprecation, taboo subjects, puns, innuendo, wit, and the British class system. [1]
A FAQ of rec.humor gave the following tongue-in-cheek description how jokes propagated in the era of newsgroups: [7] Somebody makes up the joke. The joke spreads to about 50 people. Somebody posts it to rec.humor. Ten thousand people read the joke on rec.humor. Eight hundred of these people repeat the joke to somebody.
Sajak's followers showed their appreciation for his sense of humor in the comments. "I know that feeling, Pat," joked one X user. "Congrats on your continued existence!"
“Just because you can recline doesn’t always mean you should,” according to La-Z-Boy. ... While the tongue-in-cheek campaign is a clear marketing tactic, it gets at one of the top irritants ...