FYI...

So you know:

• Sarcasm implies a derision explicitly intended to hurt or offend someone.
• Sardonicism implies a cynical derision expressed either verbally or facially with no necessary intent to offend or cause emotional distress.
• Irony comes from an amusingly provocative disparity between any two seemingly incompatible things, expressed to amuse rather than to offend.

Got it? Good! Now we can talk.

Thanks, Dr. Goodword.