Digital BW, The Print

On Apr 4, 2009, at 11:06 AM, Jon Cone wrote:

>  Some see sarcasm as an abuse of the intellect, rather than a thin  
> disguise to state something that is painfully obvious (but not often  
> to others).
>




Sarcasm is not merely synonymous for irony or facetiousness.  The word  
comes from a word which originally meant "to cut".  There is an  
element of something painful or hurtful one wishes to inflict in the  
sarcastic.

James




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