Definitions
noun
witty language used to convey insults or scorn
“irony is wasted on the stupid”
noun
a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
noun
incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs
“the irony of Ireland's copying the nation she most hated”
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