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   Frank Slootweg to ldo@nz.invalid   
   Re: DistroWatch Q&A: Advice for new Linu   
   02 Nov 25 14:07:10   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Lawrence D?Oliveiro  wrote:   
   > On Sat, 1 Nov 2025 11:01:25 -0700, Mike Easter wrote:   
   >   
   > > Ha!  I like sarchasm :-)   
   >   
   > That must be the name for the gap between what the original speaker/writer   
   > meant, and what the listener/reader thought they meant ...   
      
     The first definition I saw came from the Washington Post's 2006 Style   
   Invitational:   
      
   "The Washington Post's Style Invitational once again asked   
    readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by   
    adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a   
    new definition. Here are this year's winners:   
    ...   
    4. Sarchasm (n) The gulf between the author of sarcastic   
    wit! and the person who doesn't get it."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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