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USF Posted 14 years ago
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Hi,
Could you please explain the differences between things that are ironic and things that are sarcastic?
  

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Sarcasm is mean; irony is unfortunate. irony : a strange, funny, or sad situation in which things happen in the opposite way to what you would expect; a form of humor in which you use words to express the opposite of what the words really mean. sarcasm : saying or writing the opposite of what you mean, or of speaking in a way intended to make someone else feel stupid or show them that you are angry.

— Mister Micawber

  • Sarcasm is mean; irony is unfortunate.
  • irony : a strange, funny, or sad situation in which things happen in the opposite way to what you would expect; a form of humor in which you use words to express the opposite of what the words really mean.
  • sarcasm : saying or writing the opposite of what you mean, or of speaking in a way intended to make someone else feel stupid or show them that you are angry.
  • (Macmillan Dictionary) S arcasm is a form of caustic wit intended to wound or ridicule another.
  • Irony is a form of expression in which an intended meaning is the opposite of the literal meaning of the words used .
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Sarcasm is mean; irony is unfortunate.

irony: a strange, funny, or sad situation in which things happen in the opposite way to what you would expect; a form of humor in which you use words to express the opposite of what the words really mean.

sarcasm: saying or writing the opposite of what you mean, or of speaking in a way intended to make someone else fe
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Thank you dear Mister Micawber. Your explanations were most helpful.
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