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hobbit709

(41,694 posts) Tue Jun 16, 2015, 08:55 AM Jun 2015

From the Urban Dictionary-a word that some people need to learn.

sarchasm
the gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it
one of the winners in the Washington Post's Style Invitational - words altered by adding, subtracting, or changing only one letter and supplying a new definition

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From the Urban Dictionary-a word that some people need to learn. (Original Post) hobbit709 Jun 2015 OP

Good word for DU! cwydro Jun 2015 #1

Oh, I don't know - reading pissy and verbose replies from people who did not get the sarcasm djean111 Jun 2015 #2

It's the idiot alerts that bug me. hobbit709 Jun 2015 #3

I find it hard to hold that against people..... daleanime Jun 2015 #6

Poe's Law is a large part of the problem. nt tblue37 Jun 2015 #10

I'll sometimes tag my snottier posts with :snarkasm: to indicate that I'm really in this instant Ed Suspicious Jun 2015 #4

Even the sarcasm smiley isn't a good enough hint for some of the easily offended. hobbit709 Jun 2015 #5

^THIS^ AlbertCat Jun 2015 #8

big like! oldandhappy Jun 2015 #7

So... d_legendary1 Jun 2015 #9

I don't get it. ybbor Jun 2015 #11

Excellent! Sancho Jun 2015 #12

Sarcasm can be hard to distinguish from a frank opinion online if you don't know the writer. Nitram Jun 2015 #13

That is a great word. Enthusiast Jun 2015 #14

cwydro

(51,308 posts)

1. Good word for DU!

Reply to hobbit709 (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2015, 09:05 AM

Jun 2015

I like it.

djean111

(14,255 posts)

2. Oh, I don't know - reading pissy and verbose replies from people who did not get the sarcasm

Reply to hobbit709 (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2015, 10:01 AM

Jun 2015

is so much fun! Sort of like a tiny echo of the Colbert Report, which I miss a LOT.

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

3. It's the idiot alerts that bug me.

Reply to djean111 (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 16, 2015, 10:10 AM

Jun 2015

At least half the jury summons I get is because someone is too easily offended by something they failed to get.

daleanime

(17,796 posts)

6. I find it hard to hold that against people.....

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 16, 2015, 10:22 AM

Jun 2015

with no large reserve of honesty to service as contrast, of course it can be difficult to see the difference.

tblue37

(65,488 posts)

10. Poe's Law is a large part of the problem. nt

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 16, 2015, 11:45 AM

Jun 2015

Ed Suspicious

(8,879 posts)

4. I'll sometimes tag my snottier posts with :snarkasm: to indicate that I'm really in this instant

Reply to hobbit709 (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2015, 10:15 AM

Jun 2015

just being a snarky dick. I think that's slightly different from regular old sarcasm. I think snarkasm is more pointed and adversarial, maybe.

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

5. Even the sarcasm smiley isn't a good enough hint for some of the easily offended.

Reply to Ed Suspicious (Reply #4)

Tue Jun 16, 2015, 10:17 AM

Jun 2015

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)

8. ^THIS^

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #5)

Tue Jun 16, 2015, 11:31 AM

Jun 2015

And we need a 3 semester course in recognising the difference between "Sarcasm" and "Irony"!

Irony is not....

oldandhappy

(6,719 posts)

7. big like!

Reply to hobbit709 (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2015, 11:22 AM

Jun 2015

thanks

d_legendary1

(2,586 posts)

9. So...

Reply to hobbit709 (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2015, 11:37 AM

Jun 2015

Sarchasm = Dick

Snarkchasm = Bigger Dick

Makes sense to me.

ybbor

(1,555 posts)

11. I don't get it.

Reply to hobbit709 (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2015, 11:46 AM

Jun 2015

Hmm...

Sancho

(9,070 posts)

12. Excellent!

Reply to hobbit709 (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2015, 11:49 AM

Jun 2015

Nitram

(22,890 posts)

13. Sarcasm can be hard to distinguish from a frank opinion online if you don't know the writer.

Reply to hobbit709 (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2015, 11:52 AM

Jun 2015

I got tired of my sarcasm being mistaken for my point of view, so I started to use a smiley to clarify where I'm coming from.

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)

14. That is a great word.

Reply to hobbit709 (Original post)

Tue Jun 16, 2015, 11:56 AM

Jun 2015

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