“It’s sarcasm, Josh.”“Sarcasm?”“It’s from the Greek, sarkasmos. To bite the lips. It means that you aren’t really saying what you mean, but people will get your point. I invented it, Bartholomew named it.”“Well, if the village idiot named it, I’m sure it’s a good thing.”“There you go, you got it.”“Got what?”“Sarcasm.”“No, I meant it.”“Sure you did.”“Is that sarcasm?”“Irony, I think.”“What’s the difference?”“I haven’t the slightest idea.”“So you’re being ironic now, right?”“No, I really don’t know.”“Maybe you should ask the idiot.”“Now you’ve got it.”“What?”“Sarcasm.”

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About Christopher Moore

American writer

Christopher Moore is an American writer. He is known for fiction that blends humor, imagination, and offbeat situations, and has built a large readership through a long career as a novelist. His books often mix the absurd with the everyday, giving his work a distinctive comic tone. With 104 quotes on the site, he is represented here through the lines readers most often search for, but the biographical record here is limited to his role as a writer.

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Books by Christopher Moore

Practical Demonkeeping

1992

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You Suck

2007

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Bloodsucking Fiends

1995

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