daggermoon@piefed.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agoHow come fat chance and slim chance both mean the same thing?message-squaremessage-square55linkfedilinkarrow-up1143arrow-down17file-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 · 23 days agomessage-square55linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareowenfromcanada@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up81arrow-down1·23 days agoThe phrase “fat chance” was likely originally used sarcastically. A quick search doesn’t show any consensus, though.
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up42·23 days agoI mean it still is used sarcastically, even if the user might not be aware of it.
minus-squareowenfromcanada@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 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.
The phrase “fat chance” was likely originally used sarcastically. A quick search doesn’t show any consensus, though.
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.