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sarcast en · NOUN

Etymology

Back-formation from sarcastic.

Meanings

1. One who speaks sarcastically.
   • In other words, sarcasm is absolute because the sarcast perceives “two versions of reality”. 2006, María Isabel Kalbermatten, Verbal Irony as a Prototype Category in Spanish: A Discoursive Analysis:
   • The "other speaker" may be the sarcast's present interlocutor, an absent third person, or a conventional attitude. 1998, John Haiman, Talk Is Cheap: Sarcasm, Alienation, and the Evolution of Language, →ISBN, page 25:
   • The sarcast's perspective is that of the know-it-all wiseguy, who rolls his eyes while he mouths the lines of his 'role,' demonstrating that he appreciates their absurdity. 2012, Abraham Iqbal Khan, Curt Flood in the Media: Baseball, Race, and the Demise of the Activist-Athlete, →ISBN, page 30:

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