Thursday, February 25, 2010

An Important Definition

Satire

sat·ire [sat-ahyuhr] – noun
1. the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
2. a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule.
3. a literary genre comprising such compositions.

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1 comment:

  1. A citizen should not have to protect the town by requesting the police cruisers follow the same public safety codes as citizen's vehicles. AFter receiving the above letter, it appears the chair of the select board, and LO of the PD, must have initated the 4 new tires to be put on the cruiser immediately, and so by the next day it was done. Amen.

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