Does Sarcasm Always Sting? Investigating the Impact of Ironic Insults and Ironic Compliments

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Does Irony Go Better With Friends? (2004, background): “Several previous studies have reported the opposite (e.g., Kreuz & Link, 2002; Kumon-Nakamura et al., 1995; Pexman & Olineck, 2002a, 2002b).”
Children's Perceptions of the Social Functions of Verbal Irony (2003, background): “…and literal criticisms made with characteristic prosodies have provided support for the Tinge Hypothesis (Dews & Winner, 1995), whereas ratings for these statement types made without prosodic cues have produced both consistent (Pexman & Olineck, 2002b) and inconsistent findings (Colston, 1997).”
When Sarcasm Stings (2011, methodology): “Our data are supportive of the general claim of Pexman and Olineck (2002) that the various measures used across studies do not converge on a single construct.”
The highest form of intelligence: Sarcasm increases creativity for both expressers and recipients (2015, background): “More specifically, because all forms of sarcasm involve conveying one’s meaning by using language that signifies the opposite (e.g., Pexman & Olineck, 2002), sarcasm often makes salient contradictory notions.”