Word: sarcasm
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...Diaz!" And when he forwards along the latest bit of bad news for Democrats - usually about Hillary Clinton - his comments veer between issue-oriented potshots ("There is very little in Clinton's plan that would benefit the families and children she claims to fight for") and partisan sarcasm - like his reaction to Clinton's refusal recently to participate in a harmless AP story on candidates' "favorite things." "Score another one for Team Clinton," he deadpanned...
...Paxman wondered, could such a move be in line with the BBC's public-service mission, defined by its first director general Lord Reith, to "inform, educate and entertain." "Let me give you a list of the distinctive programs the BBC is making," said Paxman, his voice laden with sarcasm. "Help Me Anthea - I'm Infested. Is that the sort of program the BBC should continue making? My Man Boobs and Me. How about that? Help! My Dog's as Fat as Me. Freaky Eaters. Fat Men Can't Hunt." Lyons, flushed under the studio lights, replied that these shows...
...Kinsley missed the point. The "umbrage" is a product of a divided American public. A thoughtful look at the issue would explore how and why dividing the electorate has become the political tactic of choice. When sarcasm as literary device becomes good enough for publication in TIME, I begin to understand why pundits, shock jocks and political-action committees own the message. In an age when conflict passes for entertainment, we have come to expect journalism to point out the car crashes for us. Please excuse my complaint - who am I to disturb the sweet music of the lyre...
...This was a character-building experience of a certain sort. It built vast reserves of sarcasm and irony-tools of the journalistic trade, I later learned-which came in very handy when the New York Mets brought National League baseball back to the city in 1962. Those first Mets were a team for the ages, the worst team in baseball history. Not just bad, but theatrically bad, Paris Hilton bad: hilariously awful. We Mets fans became connoisseurs of baseball perversity. I was sitting in the stands the day Marvelous Marv Throneberry hit a triple and was called out for missing...
...have what it takes to be in fashion?' And, boy, was I determined. And I showed him. And I've lived to regret it," she says, and then tops the statement off with a gleeful laugh. Wang is kidding, of course. Her sharp, native--New Yorker wit and sarcasm don't stay hidden under the hem for long. "I say things like this, and people take it and say, 'Vera hates fashion.' And I'm trying to be funny, because if you don't laugh, you're going to keel over...