Comment on How come fat chance and slim chance both mean the same thing?
owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
The phrase “fat chance” was likely originally used sarcastically. A quick search doesn’t show any consensus, though.
Comment on How come fat chance and slim chance both mean the same thing?
owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
The phrase “fat chance” was likely originally used sarcastically. A quick search doesn’t show any consensus, though.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
I mean it still is used sarcastically, even if the user might not be aware of it.
owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
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.