Word: sarcasm
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...stimulus plans in a partisan critique, charging that Republicans "presided over the decision-making that had led to the crisis" and then handed "it over to others to solve." He accused the GOP of "waxing political about fiscal responsibility" and finished his point with a dash of sarcasm: "It's a sight to see." (See the best business deals...
...rumble. In place of extended arms, Obama accused Republicans of presiding "over the decision-making" that led to the financial crisis and then handing it "over to others to solve." He decried his GOP opponents for "waxing political about fiscal responsibility," adding, with an uncustomary bit of sharp sarcasm, "It's a sight to see." (See the 10 greatest speeches of all time...
...Never seen Twitter so united in sarcasm as over the Nobel announcement." With that tweet - which at a mere 59 characters is terse even by Twitter's Procrustean standards - Alex Evans, a.k.a. @alexevansuk, a nonresident fellow at the Center on International Cooperation (CIC) at New York University, sums up the prevailing sentiment on the microblogging website...
...mention the obvious cause of the problem for marriage today: gay marriage. The far right has long insisted that allowing gay marriage would ruin the institution of marriage. Now that several states have made gay marriage legal, I guess we can all see the terrible chaos (forgive the sarcasm) it has caused. Karen Baker, COTTAGE GROVE...
...passionate man, vociferous about the causes he espoused, though many times he appeared to be rambling, unrealistic and perhaps a touch fanatical in his views. But I was highly impressed by his article on Bernie Madoff. It is a superb piece of writing with the right mix of incisive sarcasm and wit that reveals a dark corner of American society with the intensity of a searchlight. And the accompanying sketch of Madoff once again underlines why TIME is the best. P.K. Majumdar, New Delhi...