Webster’s New World College Dictionary defines sarcasm as “a taunting, sneering, cutting or caustic remark,” while the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary–which calls itself the “one of the world’s most ...

“I remember hearing her say stuff and figuring out that she didn't mean what she said,” says Walker, who leads the Natural Language and Dialogue Systems Lab at UC Santa Cruz. “She used to say ...

My husband is very sarcastic and I have struggled to know how to cope with his sarcastic remarks. Some of my hurt comes from fear that he is actually feeling what he says and that sarcasm is his ...