The study of sarcasm and verbal irony recognition integrates research from linguistics, cognitive neuroscience and psychology to elucidate how humans decode subtle non-literal meanings in ...

Irony can make it tough for social networks to determine a user's intent and provides a level of plausible deniability. Queenie Wong was a senior writer for CNET News, focusing on social media ...

Say you walk into the office one day and find your team is in a particularly snarky mood. Everyone is cracking sarcastic jokes and saying the opposite of what they really mean. You’d just be thrilled ...

Roger J. Kreuz does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...