Are there legal precedent cases that deal with word interpretation and/or slang?

Dwight Kong

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for example, let's suppose you "give" your lawnmower to a friend. Because of "the way you talk" or choose to arrange your words, after not returning it for a month, you sarcastically say, "What the hell 'friend' I gave you my lawnmower a week ago! It's a month later and you still have it!" In a court of law, what case(s) would stop the friend from using a defense say, "well, he admitted that he 'GAVE' it to me a week ago."?
Also, what about cases on "satire". Like, "geez, man! I just gave you the damn lawnmower FREE OF CHARGE!"
 
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