Word of the Day: Irony

iro·ny

noun \ˈī-rə-nē also ˈī(-ə)r-nē\

: the use of words that mean the opposite of what you really think especially in order to be funny

: a situation that is strange or funny because things happen in a way that seems to be the opposite of what you expected

plural iro·nies

Full Definition of IRONY

1:  a pretense of ignorance and of willingness to learn from another assumed in order to make the other’s false conceptions conspicuous by adroit questioning —called also Socratic irony

2a :  the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning

 b :  a usually humorous or sardonic literary style or form characterized by irony

 c :  an ironic expression or utterance

3a (1) :  incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result (2) :  an event or result marked by such incongruity

 b :  incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play —called also dramatic irony, tragic irony

 

Examples of IRONY

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