TIL that symbols to denote irony or sarcasm in print have been around since at least the 1500s
TIL that symbols to denote irony or sarcasm in print have been around since at least the 1500s
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Another method of expressing sarcasm is by placing a tilde (~) adjacent to the punctuation. This allows for easy use with any keyboard, as well as variation. Variations include dry sarcasm (~.)
TIL - I’m an engineer & when I email colleagues, I will use ~ in a sentence to mean “about” - as in estimate, roughly, not quite equal to but close enough, etc.
Granted, the symbol is in a different place to denote sarcasm, but now I’m wondering how popular the usage of ~ is in the context of sarcasm, and have I ever confused someone because they only knew this context?
Interesting.
I guess I've been unintentionally sarcastic ~5 times then
~ to mean around/about is very common. You're fine :)
~ is already used in some instances in place of a period to denote cute and/or flirty.