Sometimes you say things with a smile with the precise intention of making it clear that you are not being serious, and are only kidding. If I salute a friend with a smile and say, 'How are you, you old scoundrel!' clearly I don't really mean he's a scoundrel.
The exact meaning of irony is so narrow that the word is hardly worth using; in its broad, current definition, it's a euphemism for sarcasm. 'I'm not being sarcastic; I'm being ironic.' No, you're not. You're evading the responsibility for being sarcastic.
I was a physical education major with a child psychology minor at Temple, which means if you ask me a question about a child's behavior, I will advise you to tell the child to take a lap.
Thank you for explaining that my eye cancer isn't going to make me deaf. I feel so fortunate that an intellectual giant like yourself would deign to operate on me.
I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is very much the same thing.
Oh, sure, I love boxing.
I only go to yoga to drink wine, so I'm good. I just throw the calories right back in.
Sarcasm is a Manchester trait.
Snark describes a cynical position, and I'm not interested in that.
Ash sarcastically rang an invisible bell with his hand. "Ding, ding, ding. Give that boy a tropphy.
This is all so exciting I've decided to keep making one movie every 36 years.
Of course, die for the monster spawn. It was so Bella.
Oh, wise young judge.
High on a rocky promontory sat an Electric Monk on a bored horse.
thy wit is a very bitter sweeting; it is a most sharp sauce.
Basically, I have two speeds.... Hostile or smart-aleck. Your choice.
In my home, who is my boss? If you ask my wife she'll say certainly not her. She claims that she can't make me do anything and so she's not my boss. I am. I'm pretty sure, maybe.
I didn't want to do 'The Fluffy Puppy Learns to Hold Hands!' or 'Kitty Gets a Box to Play In!' There's a place for that for the little ones - some kids need that stuff. But I'm too dark and sarcastic.
We're having a traditional Thanksgiving - turkey, mashed potatoes, hat buckles, smallpox, genocide, a blue corn moon, etc.
I had a survey done on my house. 8 out of 10 people said they really rather liked it
I'm pretty sarcastic, and sometimes that doesn't come across on the Internet. It seems like I'm being rude or stupid.
How flattering,” I grumbled. “My soul glows.
I wish you luck with a capital F.
Not an insult sweetie. That was a thirteen word kiss.
You need to be more careful, or you could hurt yourself." Right. Thank you, Mrs. Detweiler. I never would have come to that conclusion by myself. I was planning on incorporating a backflip into my next walk across the classroom but on second thought.
