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Excellentlearner Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

So called

After getting a definition of this word 'so called' from Collins online dictionary , I wonder whether it's a sarcasm of some kind all the phrases in blue strip which are after the adj 'so called'.

>> 1. ( adjective)

You use so called to indicate that you think a word or expression used to describe someone or something is in fact wrong.These are the facts that explode their so-called economic miracle.More and more companies have gone 'green' and started producing so-called environmentally-friendly products.Thank you for your time.

  

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No, I wouldn't call it sarcasm. In fact, the presence of "so-called" probably prevents a description qualifying as sarcasm.

— GPY

  • No, I wouldn't call it sarcasm.
  • In fact, the presence of "so-called" probably prevents a description qualifying as sarcasm.
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No, I wouldn't call it sarcasm. In fact, the presence of "so-called" probably prevents a description qualifying as sarcasm.

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Are you asking whether the person who originally wrote the phrases

economic miracle

environmentally-friendly products.

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