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Xipe Totec

(43,890 posts) Wed Aug 7, 2013, 04:24 PM Aug 2013

Is sarcasm a type of mindgasm?

Prurient minds want to know.

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Is sarcasm a type of mindgasm? (Original Post) Xipe Totec Aug 2013 OP

Know where that word came from? raccoon Aug 2013 #1

If you're doing it right. BarenakedLady Aug 2013 #2

Yes!!! In_The_Wind Aug 2013 #3

raccoon

(31,111 posts)

1. Know where that word came from?

Reply to Xipe Totec (Original post)

Wed Aug 7, 2013, 04:47 PM

Aug 2013

Word History:
Anyone who has suffered from the sarcastic remarks of others will not be too surprised to learn that sarcasm, "a cutting remark," comes from a Greek verb, sarkazein, that literally means "to tear flesh like a dog."

http://www.wordcentral.com/cgi-bin/student?sarcasm

BarenakedLady

(22,051 posts)

2. If you're doing it right.

Reply to Xipe Totec (Original post)

Wed Aug 7, 2013, 04:49 PM

Aug 2013

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

3. Yes!!!

Reply to Xipe Totec (Original post)

Thu Aug 8, 2013, 08:21 AM

Aug 2013

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