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A name, statement, or title, which implies the opposite to its actual meaning.
"The Robinhood trading app fills me with a sense of irony - it actually robs from the poor, and enriches the hudge funds"
Whatever the situation is that you think is irony, is not. However, there is probably a cool french word that fits the exact description of what you're thinking of.
Man: Hey, I just did one thing to avoid something else, but the fact that I did that one thing actually made that something else even worse. Is this ironic?
Girl: nope, but that is a perfect example of Senaisebleuvre.
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using words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its original intention.
irony: there is an S in the word lisp
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Something that is opposite to the literal meaning.
I cut my finger on a packet of painkillers. Oh the irony.
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The process of being beaten to death with an iron for misusing the word 'irony'
A: I heard Bob beat John to death for misusing the word 'irony'.
B: Ah, the irony.
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If memory serves correctly, something that means the opposite of what it means. Something that would be funny to us.
Downloading a virus scanner that has a virus.
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A black fly in your Chardonnay
preach it Alanis you know the true meaning of irony
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