Sarcasm

Sarcasmul este o remarcă „amară, ascuțită sau batjocură”.^[1] Deși ironia și subestimarea este prezentă în contextul imediat,^[2] majoritatea oamenilor disting sarcasmul de ironie;^[3] sarcasmul a fost catalogat ca o posibilă hărțuire în anumite circumstanțe.^[4]

^ Oxford English Dictionary
^ "Only people can be sarcastic, whereas situations are ironic", Diana Boxer, 2002. Applying Sociolinguistics: domains and face-to-face interaction, "'Yeah right:' sociolinguistic functions of sarcasm in classroom discourse", p. 100.
^ Eric Partridge, Usage and Abusage, Penguin, 1969. “Irony must not be confused with sarcasm, which is direct: sarcasm means precisely what it says, but in a sharp, caustic, ... manner."
^ Lewis MA Nurse bullying: organizational considerations in the maintenance and perpetration of health care bullying cultures - Journal of Nursing Management 14, pp. 52–58 (2006)

[OED-1] Oxford English Dictionary

[2] "Only people can be sarcastic, whereas situations are ironic", Diana Boxer, 2002. Applying Sociolinguistics: domains and face-to-face interaction, "'Yeah right:' sociolinguistic functions of sarcasm in classroom discourse", p. 100.

[3] Eric Partridge, Usage and Abusage, Penguin, 1969. “Irony must not be confused with sarcasm, which is direct: sarcasm means precisely what it says, but in a sharp, caustic, ... manner."

[4] Lewis MA Nurse bullying: organizational considerations in the maintenance and perpetration of health care bullying cultures - Journal of Nursing Management 14, pp. 52–58 (2006)

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