In two recent posts, I touched on both nonverbal and verbal types of formal humor. In this one, I continue our review of the latter category by discussing two styles of humor seen quite regularly in ...

Psychologists generally agree that sarcasm is hostility disguised as borderline wit or tongue-in-cheek humor. Some of us are gifted at ongoing cynicism but we’re all guilty of tacky talk at one time ...

Erin Carson covered internet culture, online dating and the weird ways tech and science are changing your life. Expertise Erin has been a tech reporter for almost 10 years. Her reporting has taken her ...

Google’s John Mueller answered if it’s still true that Google doesn’t understand sarcasm. Google’s John Mueller offered an explanation of when sarcasm might not be appropriate in the context of Google ...

Sometimes a dose of sarcasm is just what the doctor ordered. Twitter user Ben S recently developed a “sarcasm converter” for keyboards with two rather cheap Raspberry Pi Pico boards. One can implement ...

If you’re wondering why “She’s Jewish” is trending on Twitter, it’s because Roseanne Barr is under fire ... again. The embattled “Roseanne” star joined comedian Theo Von on a recent episode of the ...