daggermoon@piefed.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agoHow come fat chance and slim chance both mean the same thing?message-squaremessage-square55linkfedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1136arrow-down1message-squareHow come fat chance and slim chance both mean the same thing?daggermoon@piefed.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 days agomessage-square55linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up42·17 days agoI mean it still is used sarcastically, even if the user might not be aware of it.
minus-squareowenfromcanada@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 days agoSort of–but given that “fat chance” really only has one meaning today, I wouldn’t call it sarcasm really. For sarcasm, I think it would have to be able to be interpreted two different ways.
I mean it still is used sarcastically, even if the user might not be aware of it.
Sort of–but given that “fat chance” really only has one meaning today, I wouldn’t call it sarcasm really. For sarcasm, I think it would have to be able to be interpreted two different ways.