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The word comes from the Ancient Greek σαρκασμός (sarkasmós) which is taken from σαρκάζειν (sarkázein) meaning "to tear flesh, bite the lip in rage, sneer". [ 6 ] It is first recorded in English in 1579, in an annotation to The Shepheardes Calender by Edmund Spenser :
Both the concept and the etymology of the word, while being of uncertain origin, appear to stem from the Mediterranean island of Sardinia. [4] The 10th-century Byzantine Greek encyclopedia Suda traces the word's earliest roots to the notion of grinning (Ancient Greek: σαίρω, romanized: sairō) in the face of danger, or curling one's lips back at evil.
Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt shared a clip of the monologue, sarcastically comparing her to “Bill & Ted” by saying that “Kamala’s Excellent Adventure continues.” “An epic word salad ...
Writers use scare quotes for a variety of reasons. They can imply doubt or ambiguity in words or ideas within the marks, [18] or even outright contempt. [19] They can indicate that a writer is purposely misusing a word or phrase [20] or that the writer is unpersuaded by the text in quotes, [21] and they can help the writer deny responsibility for the quote. [19]
Claudia Sheinbaum said sarcastically during her daily press briefing. The Gulf of Mexico is 930 miles wide and bordered by the United States and Mexico. Both countries have roughly equal the same ...
He also sarcastically agreed that the problem is Democrats using the word “fascist.” “You don’t see Donald Trump doing that all the time,” he said, then played a supercut video of the ...
When the antiphrasal use is very common, the word can become an auto-antonym, [3] having opposite meanings depending on context. For example, Spanish dichoso [ 4 ] originally meant "fortunate, blissful" as in tierra dichosa , "fortunate land", but it acquired the ironic and colloquial meaning of "infortunate, bothersome" as in ¡Dichosas moscas ...
During his press conference, he said he had uttered that phrase "sarcastically" and said, "It was wrong to sarcastically say I was a racist." An account on X, formerly Twitter, ...