sarcasm detectors

Mockery recognition tools

Sarcasm detectors are the figurative faculty for recognizing when someone means the opposite of what they say.

The phrase appears almost exclusively in ironic contexts, pointing out that someone has missed obvious sarcasm: Wow, your sarcasm detector is really working today.

The plural form dominates, perhaps by analogy with smoke detectors.

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analysis · mockery · verbal irony · tone · sensor · taunt · tonal shifts · deadpan delivery · Sheldon Cooper · pragmatic markers · autism spectrum · identification · snarkiness · intention · insincerity · scoff · air quotes · rolling eyes

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interpretive mode

sarcasm detectorsliteralism

Exact meaning only

credulity · naivety · gullibility · obliviousness

communicative intent assessed

sarcasm detectorslie detectors

Machines measuring honesty

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G