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It’s funny how sarcasm is associated with humor. “To tear flesh like a dog,” is not a jolly image, but the word nonetheless derives from the Greek sarkazein, meaning just that. It evolved to mean “to ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Between the rolled eyes, shrugged shoulders, jazzed hands and warbling vocal inflection, it's not hard to tell when someone's being sarcastic ...