sarcast

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Back-formation from sarcastic.

Noun[edit]

sarcast (plural sarcasts)

  1. One who speaks sarcastically.
    • 1998, John Haiman, Talk Is Cheap: Sarcasm, Alienation, and the Evolution of Language, →ISBN, page 25:
      The "other speaker" may be the sarcast's present interlocutor, an absent third person, or a conventional attitude.
    • 2006, María Isabel Kalbermatten, Verbal Irony as a Prototype Category in Spanish: A Discoursive Analysis:
      In other words, sarcasm is absolute because the sarcast perceives “two versions of reality”.
    • 2012, Abraham Iqbal Khan, Curt Flood in the Media: Baseball, Race, and the Demise of the Activist-Athlete, →ISBN, page 30:
      The sarcast's perspective is that of the know-it-all wiseguy, who rolls his eyes while he mouths the lines of his 'role,' demonstrating that he appreciates their absurdity.