the difference between expetation and reality
by Windows 98 cardboard edition January 11, 2005
Get the ironymug. 1 : "when sumpthing is assumed to occur, but the opposite does..."
2 : 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
3 a : 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
4 a (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
synonym see WIT
2 : 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
3 a : 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
4 a (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
synonym see WIT
by .Marcus June 26, 2006
Get the ironymug. by Meatball toothpick December 28, 2005
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Get the ironymug. by cassandrraa April 10, 2010
Get the ironymug. a death row pardon two minutes too late,
a free ride when you've already paid,
rain on your wedding day.
a free ride when you've already paid,
rain on your wedding day.
"Isn't it irony-ic?" Alanis Morissette
by l0l December 27, 2008
Get the ironymug. Bonnie was such a feminazi in college! but look how her son turned out- he is the anti-feminist! talk about irony!
by wench lover November 2, 2011
Get the ironymug.