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When a hipster has a guilty pleasure they want to publicly partake in, and is pretending not to genuinely enjoy it.
Steve proudly wore his pink Backstreet Boys T-shirt, knowing that his hipster friends would think he was wearing it ironically. He took it even further by posting three whole facebook albums of the concert he got it from.
Ironic by Tararist November 30, 2010
The use of irony.
Isn't it ironic that a song entitle "Ironic" has nothing to do with irony.
ironic by JR December 2, 2003
a) Something that is contradictory.
b) Something that is complete and utter bullshit (but often accepted nonetheless.)
* see hipster

Anonymous twentysomething in Brooklyn: "I am NOT a hipster!"
<silence>
ironic.
ironic by Captain American't July 11, 2011
When a girl who has had sex has never had an orgasm, but a girl who has never had sex has had plenty.
Cake: I just had sex.
Bean: Did you orgasm?
Cake: NO.
Bean: That's ironic, because I've never even kissed a guy but I've had plenty of them.
Ironic by cakenbean March 9, 2009
If something is ironic it's unexpected, often in an amusing way.
It's ironic that “Erratic conduct and behavior” are reasons @realDonaldTrump is revoking ex @CIA director @JohnBrennan’s security clearance. Adds Brennan has conducted “frenzied commentary
Ironic by Reggie Vision August 15, 2018
1. When a phrase means the opposite of what it literally says.
Opp. literal
NB However similar, not to be confused with sarcasm

2. When an event happens in a certain situation which is contrary to what one would expect.
It would be ironic if the former Worlds Fattest Man died of starvation.

When Ricky Martin, latin american sex-symbol and ladykiller, became famous, there were rumours flying about the media that he was gay.
However, when the russian group T.a.T.u became famous, rumours arose in the media that the two girls that were alledgedly lesbians were in fact heterosexual.
ironic by Rowan D. Easternhall July 26, 2006