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Performative Irony

Performative irony is when sincere things are said in such away that makes it seem ironic or not serious. While people who believe in what is being said takes it seriously. Performative irony is most common on the internet, where opinions are fluid and trolls plentiful.

This term was originally coined by Innuendo Studio’s video “The Alt-Right Playbook: The Card Says Moops”
Questionable Troll: “ nazis did no wrong”
Normal Person: “Okay, troll”
Actual Nazi: “Yes, nazis are an oppressed group, we need to rise above”
Normal person: “Woah— that was a joke right? That wasn’t Performative Irony please?…”
by DrAccius August 26, 2021
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Irony poisoning

Irony Poisoning - Dying from or being injured, maimed, impaired or otherwise abhorrent to the constant homogeneous barrage of irony this life is.
The Irony Poisoning of the situation was, he would have tried help; but no matter how hard he had in the past , he somehow always became the villain .
by Bad Omen June 17, 2021
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how many layers of irony are you on?

like maybe 5 or 6 right now, my dude.
Person 1: How many layers of irony are you on?
Person 2: Like maybe 5 or 6 right now, my dude.
Person 1: You are like a little baby, watch this.
Person 1: S U C C
by HandleThatIsntUsedBySomeoneEls February 27, 2019
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Irony

A wife beater serving food in the kitchen of a battered women's shelter for community service would be irony.
She snuck a gun into the cafeteria and shot her husband dead when she saw the no good two timing deadbeat standing there in the kitchen, handing a tray full of meat and potatoes to another female. The battered women's shelter didnt seem to be doing a good job of sheltering her from him which was not her kind of irony.
by Solid Mantis September 14, 2020
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Irony

a combination of circumstances or a result that is the opposite of what is or might be expected or considered appropriate
The irony of Kanye West supporting Donald Trump is mind blowing
by Ya boi1308 May 30, 2018
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Irony

Irony is something warm and wet happening down your leg
An example of irony would be someone standing at their letterbox experiencing LBL whilst holding a sanitary product designed to capture the moist misfortune.
by padded with wings March 2, 2015
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Irony

Irony is when this website declares in its official content guidelines that "we have a zero tolerance policy for definitions that include hate speech, bullying, or statements meant to discriminate or incite violence against others" and then proceeds to approve racist definitions and post them on the website. Great job, you hypocritical pieces of shit.
There is a lot of irony in the approval of the word "Jewed" on Urban Dictionary; it shows a real lack of social intelligence and education on the part of the management team of this website.
by EndRacismNow June 14, 2020
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