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the gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it

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(Noun). The communication divide or breakdown experienced when (i) one party interprets the other party’s sincere statement as sarcastic or (ii) one party interprets the other party’s sarcastic statement as sincere.

Tom: "I know Wendy wants me to call her, but she keeps ignoring my messages." Jim: "How do you know she wants you to call?" Tom: "I asked if I could call her sometime, and she said, 'Yeah, right.'" Jim: "Sounds like you fell in the sarchasm."

The void into which you fall when you fail to detect sarcasm.

"I don't think he got the joke, dude. He fell right into the sarchasm."

The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.

Doofus: What do you mean, you'd love to? I thought you always said you hated doing that! Dude that caught the sarcasm: Man, that's a gaping sarchasm

1. The gulf between the author of iconic wit and the reader who doesn't get it. 2. A pop-punk/ska band from Berkeley, California.

Joe: "Hey, did you go to the Sarchasm show last night? I did, and it was totally radical!" Bob: "Radical? Was there a riot?" Joe: "No... I was being ironically vintage. GAWD."

When the other person just can't make the connection to a sarcastic remark due to a large chasm in their intelligence, humor, and/or knowledge base.

The sarchasmic void was just too large to ignore and I struggled to graciously extract myself from the date only 20 minutes into it.

Noun. The gap in understanding between a person making a smart-ass remark, and the person who doesn't get it.

I said "oh yeah, I'd LOVE to come to his wedding, and he's actually invited me!" "Ah; that's the sarchasm".