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Sarcasm
What is it?



Examples
  • "How unselfish you are!" said the girl as her brother took the biggest piece of cake.

  • Mark Twain once said that the coldest winter he ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.

Answer

The act of making fun of a person to hurt her or his feelings; harsh or bitter irony.
A sneering or cutting remark; ironical taunt.