In two recent posts, I touched on both nonverbal and verbal types of formal humor. In this one, I continue our review of the latter category by discussing two styles of humor seen quite regularly in ...

Here’s why spicing up your sense of humor with cynicism and chutzpah can make you more desirable. Although there is no single definition of sarcasm, most define it as verbal irony—saying the opposite ...

One day we find ourselves doing something a little off, a bit suspect, seemingly below our station or outside of rational adult behavior: coloring in a coloring book, fearing chipmunks, watching a ...

In an episode of "The Simpsons," Professor Frink, left, demonstrates his latest creation: a sarcasm detector. ©2003 THE SIMPSONS and TTCFFC ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FOX In an episode of “The Simpsons,” mad ...

A team of university researchers in the Netherlands says they've developed an artificial intelligence (AI) platform that can recognize sarcasm, according to a new report. The Guardian reported on ...

“Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit but the highest form of intelligence.” Oscar Wilde. It may have taken a number of years, but research now suggests that Wilde was correct in his analysis of sarcasm.

For the last week I challenged myself to be completely and utterly free of sarcasm, and wow, was it easy! Although this was a fairly difficult challenge, at least I succeeded, right? Actually, wrong.

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Researchers say their new algorithm trained on a database of various TV show clips can detect sarcasm 75% of the time. By Tom Hawking Published May 17, 2024 1:17 PM EDT Get the Popular Science daily ...