Oh this word – Sarcasm.

Though I studied in an English medium school till 12th std and I was good enough in English, my vocabulary wasn\’t that great. \’Sarcasm\’ was one of the words I was strange to. I never came across this word until the 9th or 10th day of my college life. I was commenting on my friend Swetha\’s top, the white with black dots or vise versa – can\’t remember clearly – when she gave me the typical \’Swetha look\’ with shrunken forehead and her hands thrown in the air asking me \”Are you sarcastic?\” Like said, I didn\’t know what the word meant then and therefore I just gave a blank expression at her. The moment I opened my room number 28 in the hostel, I took my laptop and googled \’sarcasm\’. I found this very same sentence. \”A cutting, often ironic remark intended to express contempt or ridicule.\” I understood it in bits and parts but as life progressed in that small campus, I heard this word more and more until I started using it. It also helped the fact that I was a literature student because more often we had to write in our poem appreciation how sarcastic poets are. There have also been situations when I got confused with \’Satire\’ and \’Sarcasm\’.

What comes to my mind right now is one of the films that released two years back, \”April Fool\”. Though the film didn\’t do well at the box office, I was impressed by certain elements on it especially the use of sarcasm to toil around with innocent people. It happens in day to day life right?

One of my very true friends told me not to end up writing about break ups and relationships anymore but I am sorry Ms. Selfie girl, I am bringing in that reference again. When a relationship ends is when sarcastic talks become more than fun. Its kinda funny as a third person and annoying as a second person when it happens. People believe sarcasm has no limits. True that, sarcasm has no limits but it depends on what you talk and how you handle it. Sometimes a backhanded compliment turns out to be a sarcasm. Sometimes a sarcasm turns out to be a compliment. It all matters how you say it phonetically. The tone you use is what matters. Obviously after a break up, tone is just not going to be fine. Both the sides then should understand well and better talk normally if you want to talk. Being sarcastic then is going to make things worse. People should be sensible enough to understand this. Another moment when I get frustrated with sarcasm is at work. Work tension can make anyone go blank at some point. At this point when someone makes a sarcastic remark or comment, it is only natural to get annoyed by it. There are also situations when you joke something in sarcastic tone and people doesn\’t catch it. Its a horrid situation because it just ruins it all. I think sarcastic comments via texts/chats aren\’t a good catch either, a chat message doesn\’t necessarily convey the emotion unless of course you are \’soul mates\’ and know \’each other so well\’. Get it right? 😉

Being sarcastic is no sin but don\’t be a sarcastic person for that, it is somewhat like a fake identity or it at least sounds so. People should also be aware of when to be sarcastic and there is also one golden rule in it : Know what you say cause it might hurt another person\’s feelings. Not forgetting, some people just want to intentionally hurt with their sarcastic remarks but you know, every action has an equal and opposite reaction.

Having said all these, I so loved the way my close group in college got into the sarcasm mode especially during the lunch breaks. Sometimes it became pervertic + sarcasm! It was so fun and I miss it! 🙂