intentional irony

When someone does something ironic intentionally, usually for comic effect.

MSN conversation:

Jack: I love lolcat's.
Jill: Nice grammar geniu's.

John: I hate people who fail at English.
Mary: Me to. (intentional irony)

by silly_sawsage April 14, 2010

ironybro

Someone who pretends to enjoy something ironically, but actually cares about it deeply and doesn't want to seem like they are less "cool" than they are for it. Usually attributed to hipsters and teenage edgelords.

He pretends to ironically joke about My Little Pony, but he's actually a huge fan of it. What an ironybro.

by G-Union 2016 May 15, 2018

Irony

The process of being beaten to death with an iron for misusing the word 'irony'

A: I heard Bob beat John to death for misusing the word 'irony'.
B: Ah, the irony.

by TrollfaceLawl October 30, 2010

Irony

Something that is opposite to the literal meaning.

I cut my finger on a packet of painkillers. Oh the irony.

by Hanargh3800 June 16, 2011

Irony

If memory serves correctly, something that means the opposite of what it means. Something that would be funny to us.

Downloading a virus scanner that has a virus.

by Wolfboy1988 February 17, 2005

irony

A black fly in your Chardonnay

preach it Alanis you know the true meaning of irony

by MayorMcCheese October 9, 2006

irony

Amazon.com remotely deleting "1984" and "Animal Farm" by George Orwell from the Kindle devices of users who had purchased the books in July 2009.

A great example of irony is how the Amazon Kindle became a virtual memory hole.

by anticensor October 4, 2009