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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 snob

As defined by eeClayton:

someone who analyses passages for ironic content, and then remarks - "ha, how ironic"
I hear that television intellectual has a new book out

Yes, that's right. She has hidden her lack of wit with a sarcy kind of irony.

And there is a lame photograph of her in the inside cover, taken whilst she brooded around after graduating from her college course in Sexual Politics or some such pseudo what the what all irony snob
by BewaretheidesofJanuary November 3, 2009
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irony

in the way of receiving or understanding something good, only to comprehend its actually bad.
(hypothetical email response, in the tone of irony)
damn man,
this email, it made me shit the bed, it honestly did. i fell asleep and my "email" ding happened. (a nice littly diddy, my netbook sings at me when i get mail.)
mentioned email, woke me for a light sleep, i ate a shit ton of oreos earlier, now my bed is oreo shit laden.
thanks for that
(read out loud in a tone of walken or shatner, your choice)
by oreo mud tunnel September 16, 2010
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Irony

ahy-ruh-nee -noun

Pun used to describe the taste one experiences when "eating out" a girl while she is on her monthly menstrual cycle, with the idea that blood has an iron-like taste.
The situation was pure irony, so I chose to lick her butthole instead.
by JoPe09 May 16, 2011
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Muppetic Irony

Having no control of your own but that of a muppet, with its hand up your butt making your every move for you.
There's a muppetic irony to Petey's lack of self-control...I suspect Kermit, what with his brown-stained hand and all.
by Richree July 26, 2008
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