cruel irony

The act of using somebody's words against them, usually when something to their great detriment is about to be inflicted upon them. Usually in the form of a gloating statement.

Kuzko: "Okay, I admit it. Maybe I wasn't as nice as I should have been. But, Yzma, do you really want to kill me?"

Yzma: "Just think of it as you're being let go...that your life's going in a different direction...that your body's part of
a permanent outplacement."

Kronk: "Hey, that's kind of like what he said to you when you got fired."

Yzma: "I know. It's called a cruel irony...like my dependence on you."

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