Facetious
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Along with [abstemious], facetious is one of two words in the English language containing all five vowels in alphabetical order.
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a word used exclusively by people who take themselves too seriously, while failing to convince people otherwise
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The act of being filipant in a serious situation
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The word facetious is used exclusively by arts students to describe someone being sarcastic.
Its generally said with a smug voice to make the person feel insignificant.
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An assholes word for sarcasm.
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Unique as the only word in the English language to sound like a variation of its slang definition. In other words: It sounds like it may actually mean full of feces although it does not...but it does mean full of shit.
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to use Humour as an excuse for being a prick
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Giving a sarcastic answer,to show how obvious something is.
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Playfully jocular; humorous.
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Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular;
as, a facetious companion. -
not serious about a serious subject, in an attempt to be funny or to appear clever :
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Treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humor; flippant.
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cleverly amusing in tone
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