To: Selena M******
From: Darwin Bedford <Darwin@atheists.net>
Subject: Re: smoking & kids
Dear Selena M******,
You have misunderstood and I do not promote smoking to our children.
Main Entry: sar·casm
Pronunciation: 'sär-"ka-z&m
Function: noun
Etymology: French or Late Latin; French sarcasme, from Late Latin sarcasmos, from Greek
sarkasmos, from sarkazein to
tear flesh, bite the lips in rage, sneer, from sark-, sarx flesh; probably akin to Avestan thwar&s- to cut
Date: 1550
1 : a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain <tired of continual sarcasms>
2 a : a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an
individual b : the use or language of sarcasm <this is no time to indulge in sarcasm>
synonym see WIT
Darwin Bedford
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