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What (who) is irony - definition


irony         
  • A "No smoking" sign surrounded by images of a smoking [[Sherlock Holmes]] at [[Baker Street tube station]]
RHETORICAL DEVICE, LITERARY TECHNIQUE, OR SITUATION IN WHICH THERE IS AN INCONGRUITY BETWEEN THE LITERAL AND THE IMPLIED MEANING
Socratic irony; Ironic; Dramatic irony; Verbal irony; Ironically; Roman irony; Ironical; Tragic irony; Parallel irony; Cosmic irony; Ironies; Dramatic Irony; Situational irony; Literary irony; Comic irony; Historical irony; Cosmic joke; Self-irony
n.
Mockery (saying one thing and meaning the opposite).
irony         
  • A "No smoking" sign surrounded by images of a smoking [[Sherlock Holmes]] at [[Baker Street tube station]]
RHETORICAL DEVICE, LITERARY TECHNIQUE, OR SITUATION IN WHICH THERE IS AN INCONGRUITY BETWEEN THE LITERAL AND THE IMPLIED MEANING
Socratic irony; Ironic; Dramatic irony; Verbal irony; Ironically; Roman irony; Ironical; Tragic irony; Parallel irony; Cosmic irony; Ironies; Dramatic Irony; Situational irony; Literary irony; Comic irony; Historical irony; Cosmic joke; Self-irony
When something is made of iron or has iron characteristics.
Man, this place sure has a lot of irony.
irony         
  • A "No smoking" sign surrounded by images of a smoking [[Sherlock Holmes]] at [[Baker Street tube station]]
RHETORICAL DEVICE, LITERARY TECHNIQUE, OR SITUATION IN WHICH THERE IS AN INCONGRUITY BETWEEN THE LITERAL AND THE IMPLIED MEANING
Socratic irony; Ironic; Dramatic irony; Verbal irony; Ironically; Roman irony; Ironical; Tragic irony; Parallel irony; Cosmic irony; Ironies; Dramatic Irony; Situational irony; Literary irony; Comic irony; Historical irony; Cosmic joke; Self-irony
(ironies)
1.
Irony is a subtle form of humour which involves saying things that you do not mean.
Sinclair examined the closed, clever face for any hint of irony, but found none.
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2.
If you talk about the irony of a situation, you mean that it is odd or amusing because it involves a contrast.
The irony is that many officials in Washington agree in private that their policy is inconsistent...
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Wikipedia

Irony
Irony (Liddell & Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon], v. sub .
Examples of use of irony
1. What‘s happening now within New Labour piles irony upon irony.
2. And thats the irony÷ the most painful irony of all in this English self–loathing is this simple truth.
3. "Irony of Fate: Continuation" received mixed reviews.
4. No sense of irony. letters@charleskrauthammer.com
5. And: "The night of the SOTU, I actually spent the whole evening watching DVDs –– of ‘The West Wing‘!" The irony, the irony.