From Hilary Price’s Rhymes With Orange:
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January 30, 2010 at 9:22 pm |
A real life example (though apparently unintentional): http://staefcraeft.blogspot.com/2010/01/accidental-sarcasm-on-focus-semantic.html
January 31, 2010 at 4:11 am |
There was an ancient BC cartoon
X: Meet Smiley, master of sarcastic wit.
BC: Yeah? Say something sarcastic.
Smiley: Pleased to meet you.
But the remark is not itself sarcastic, though the joke depends on sarcasm as a general possibility.