**Episode 3**

[Landshark]

Sarcasm [sahr-kaz-uhm]
–noun
1. harsh or bitter derision or irony.
2. a sharply ironical taunt; sneering or cutting remark

Origin:
1570–80; < LL sarcasmus < Gk sarkasmós, deriv. of sarkázein to rend (flesh), sneer;
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Sarcasm is a form of speech or writing which is bitter or cutting, being intended to taunt its target.
It comes from the ancient Greek σαρκάζω (sarkazo) meaning 'to tear flesh' but the ancient Greek word for the rhetorical concept of taunting was instead χλευασμός (chleyasmόs). Sarcasm appears several times in the Old Testament, for example:

Lo, you see the man is mad; why then have you brought him to me? Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence?
—Achish, king of Gath, I Sam 21:10-15

Sarcasm is proverbially said to be the lowest form of wit. It is often associated with the use of irony. Hostile, critical comments may be expressed in an ironical way such as saying "don't work too hard" to a lazy worker. The use of irony introduces an element of humour which may make the criticism seem more polite and less aggressive but understanding the subtlety of this usage requires second-order interpretation of the speaker's intentions. This sophisticated understanding is lacking in people with brain damage, dementia or autism and this perception has been located by MRI in the right parahippocampal gyrus.

In certain Ethiopic languages, sarcasm is indicated with a sarcasm mark, a character that looks like a backwards question mark at the end of a sentence, similar to Alcanter de Brahm's proposed irony mark (؟).

[Rockhardsid]

Heard of sarcasm?

ya i hav studied about it in my History.....It was used by many Politicians and still some are using it.......

LoL !!!!


PRiCeLesS

[cola.drinker]

Whoa...Rohit...You actually took the pain to copy paste the whole thing !!
I am too lazy to do that also,would have simply asked him to type sarcasm in Google bar and press Enter !!

[Landshark]

Thats why am more imba than u

[cola.drinker]