There’s something satisfying about spotting irony in the wild. Whether it’s a sign that says one thing but shows another or a ...

It’s funny how sarcasm is associated with humor. “To tear flesh like a dog,” is not a jolly image, but the word nonetheless derives from the Greek sarkazein, meaning just that. It evolved to mean “to ...

"Two negatives produce a positive," declared the middle school math teacher, "But two positives never produce a negative." A ...

Instructing us in the basics of paraverbal behavior, our mother used to say “Der Ton macht die Musik” (The tone makes the music). She anticipated the experimental finding that the reception and the ...