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Define Sarchasm Meaning

Sarchasm
the gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it

one of the winners in the Washington Post's Style Invitational - words altered by adding, subtracting, or changing only one letter and supplying a new definition
By Gustie
Sarchasm
(Noun). The communication divide or breakdown experienced when (i) one party interprets the other party’s sincere statement as sarcastic or (ii) one party interprets the other party’s sarcastic statement as sincere.

Tom: "I know Wendy wants me to call her, but she keeps ignoring my messages."

Jim: "How do you know she wants you to call?"

Tom: "I asked if I could call her sometime, and she said, 'Yeah, right.'"

Jim: "Sounds like you fell in the sarchasm."
By Mara
Sarchasm
The void into which you fall when you fail to detect sarcasm.

"I don't think he got the joke, dude. He fell right into the sarchasm."
By Katleen
Sarchasm
The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

Doofus: What do you mean, you'd love to? I thought you always said you hated doing that!

Dude that caught the sarcasm: Man, that's a gaping sarchasm
By Dinny
Sarchasm
1. The gulf between the author of iconic wit and the reader who doesn't get it.

2. A pop-punk/ska band from Berkeley, California.

Joe: "Hey, did you go to the Sarchasm show last night? I did, and it was totally radical!"
Bob: "Radical? Was there a riot?"
Joe: "No... I was being ironically vintage. GAWD."
By Edithe
Sarchasmic
When the other person just can't make the connection to a sarcastic remark due to a large chasm in their intelligence, humor, and/or knowledge base.

The sarchasmic void was just too large to ignore and I struggled to graciously extract myself from the date only 20 minutes into it.
By Jacky
Auto-sarchasm
The unwitting use of sarchasm upon oneself.

If I say "refudiate" to Sarah Palin or one of her fans, that's sarchasm. When Sarah Palin or one of her fans says "refudiate", believing that it's a real word, that's auto-sarchasm.
By Roxane
Reverse Sarchasm
When you use sarchasm in a manner that is meant to be complementary, rather than insulting.

Jane: Do these earrings make my ass look fat?

Dick: EEW! my GOD! I never noticed before but your ass IS fat and you're ugly. I can't believe I put my dick in you, and i kinda wish you'd die!

Jane:...

Dick: you did pick up on the reverse sarchasm right?

Jane: ;)

xxoo
By Shaylyn