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[4] [5] [6] These sites are distinguished from news satire (which is usually intended to be humorous) as they mislead and sometimes profit from readers' gullibility. [5] While most fake news sites are portrayed to be spinoffs of other news sites, some of these websites are examples of website spoofing , structured to make visitors believe they ...
Image credits: Sarcspasm #13. My daughter's mom passed away a few years ago when my daughter was 14. (now 17.) The way she and I have coped is by cracking 'your mom' jokes with one another..
The syntax of modern tone indicators stems from /s, which has long been used on the internet to denote sarcasm. [4] This symbol is an abbreviated version of the earlier /sarcasm, itself a simplification of </sarcasm>, [5] the form of a humorous XML closing tag marking the end of a "sarcasm" block, and therefore placed at the end of a sarcastic ...
Poe's law is an adage of Internet culture which says that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent, any parodic or sarcastic expression of extreme views can be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of those views. [1] [2] [3]
O. Henry (1862–1910, US) short story writer known for surprise endings, namesake of the O. Henry Award; Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (1866–1931, Azerbaijan) Lakshminath Bezbaroa (1868–1938, India, writing in Assamese) Saki, also known as H. H. Munro (1870–1916, England) Trilussa (1873–1950, Italy) Alfred Jarry (1873–1907, France) – Ubu Roi
Sarcasm is the caustic use of words, often in a humorous way, to mock someone or something. [1] Sarcasm may employ ambivalence , [ 2 ] although it is not necessarily ironic . [ 3 ] Most noticeable in spoken word, sarcasm is mainly distinguished by the inflection with which it is spoken [ 4 ] or, with an undercurrent of irony, by the extreme ...
Sarcasm is especially useful in controversial debates, the more controversial the better, where a sarcastic comment often has the effect of calming the situation. Don't worry about offending people; simply appending a smiley emoticon , humorous XML tag ( </sarcasm> ), or irony mark ( βΈ® ) to your comment will assuage any hurt feelings (Don't ...
This is a list of notable deadpan comedians and actors who have used deadpan as a part of their repertoire. Deadpan describes the act of deliberately displaying a lack of or no emotion, commonly as a form of comedic delivery to contrast with the ridiculousness of the subject matter. The delivery is meant to be blunt, sarcastic, laconic, or ...