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How Verbal Irony Works: Examples and Practical Uses
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo Style Singapore· 1 week agoVerbal irony is a clever twist of language that keeps conversations interesting and adds humor by contrasting what is said with what is meant. Whether it's Michael Scott from "The Office" declaring ...
Situational Irony Can Be Funny, Tragic or Even Terrifying
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo Style Singapore· 1 month agoIrony is one of those things that everybody seems know about but few seem able to precisely define. To make matters more complicated still, there are different kinds of irony (cosmic irony, dramatic irony, verbal irony and so forth).
Kindness Quotes to Inspire Positivity and Connection
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo Style Singapore· 2 months agoKindness is always a good idea. As Aesop said, "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." Inviting the concept into into your life with things like kindness quotes opens the ...
'Romeo & Juliet' director slams 'barrage of racial abuse' toward star Francesca Amewudah-Rivers
USA TODAY via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 months agoThe theater company behind the upcoming Tom Holland and Francesca Amewudah-Rivers-led "Romeo & Juliet" play in London is speaking out after the lead actress faced "a barrage of racial abuse ...
‘Theater Is Dead’: Decker Sadowski And Shane West Topline Katherine Dudas’ Campy Horror Comedy
Deadline via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 months agoEXCLUSIVE: Decker Sadowski (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) and Shane West (ER, The Dirty South) are set to star...
Trump’s selling his ‘favourite book’ – But what are former US presidents' best-loved reads?
Euronews via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 months agoDonald Trump is now selling Bibles. No, this isn't a joke. He says it's his favourite book. (Make of...
Casablanca Fall 2024 Ready-to-Wear: Ancient Greeks on Psychedelics
WWD via Yahoo Style Singapore· 4 months agoFor sure Charaf Tajer was feeling the Olympics fever sweeping through Paris in anticipation of the...
Love may be timeless, but the way we talk about it isn’t − the ancient Greeks’ ideas about desire...
The Conversation via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 months agoConventional stereotypes about romance portray it as a passionate, irrational game. Ancient...
A complex error: Two Oedipus productions announced simultaneously in London
Euronews via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 months agoA Freudian slip is when you mean one thing but say your mother. It might have seemed like two major...
Benedict Fitzgerald Dies: Screenwriter For ‘The Passion of the Christ’ Was 74
Deadline via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 months agoBenedict Fitzgerald, best known as the screenwriter of The Passion of the Christ, died at home in...
