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  2. Satirical music - Wikipedia

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    Satirical music describes music that employs satire or was described as such. It deals with themes of social, political , religious , cultural structures and provides commentary or criticism on them typically under the guise of dark humor or respective music genres.

  3. Sarcasm - Wikipedia

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    Distinguishing sarcasm from banter, and referring to the use of irony in sarcasm, linguist Derek Bousfield writes that sarcasm is: The use of strategies which, on the surface appear to be appropriate to the situation, but are meant to be taken as meaning the opposite in terms of face management. That is, the utterance which appears, on the ...

  4. British humour - Wikipedia

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    Red Dwarf, science fiction sitcom on BBC 2 and Dave (1988–1999, 2009, 2012–) Brittas Empire , Chris Barrie sitcom set in a leisure centre about an annoying manager on BBC1 (1991–1997). The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer , variety show of sketches and songs in the surrealist genre of comedy on the BBC (1993–1995).

  5. Canadian humour - Wikipedia

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    Canadian heavy metal frontman Devin Townsend is known for using humour in his music. Projects such as Punky Bruster and Ziltoid the Omniscient are heavily comedy driven, and Devin's heavy metal band, Strapping Young Lad, use satire and sarcastic tongue in cheek lyrics as well.

  6. 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]

  7. Teasing - Wikipedia

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    Teasing can also be taken to mean "To make fun of; mock playfully" or be sarcastic about and use sarcasm. Dacher Keltner uses Penelope Brown's classic study on the difference between "on-record" and "off-record" communication to illustrate how people must learn to read others' tone of voice and facial expressions in order to learn appropriate ...

  8. Advice to Youth - Wikipedia

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    "Advice to Youth" is a satirical essay written by Mark Twain in 1882. Twain was asked by persons unspecified to write something "to [the] youth." [1] While the exact audience of his speech is uncertain, it is most probably American; in his posthumous collected works, editor's notes have conjecturally assigned the address to the Boston Saturday Morning Club. [2]

  9. Wikipedia:Sarcasm is really helpful - Wikipedia

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    Better yet, use sarcasm before you use up all of your other options, or any of your other options for that matter. Sarcasm works well in online media, because it's easy to pick up on without all of those pesky nonverbal cues , so you'll never even need to use the {{ sarcasm }} tag.