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Shrodinger’s Irony 

One who makes statements online and decides whether they were being “ironic” or treating it as a normal post depending on others’ reactions. Refer to Shrodingers douchebag.
Group Chat 1: Men are hot
Person 1: So true
Group Chat 2: Are men hot
Person 1: wtf no thats gay
Person 2: Shrodinger’s Irony at work
Shrodinger’s Irony by smilesguy January 24, 2023

Morissettian Irony 

A prase coined from the 90's pop song, "Ironic", written by Alanis Morissette. Morissettian Irony is when something happens that is merely unfornuate, but expected.
A 98 year old man dying, for instance.
Morissettian Irony by aubree December 9, 2003

Death of Irony 

Used to describe a situation when one does not recognize the irony of his or her actions.
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-Douchebag: I wear this scarf because it makes me look manly. It's a manly scarf.

-Lesser Douchebag: Ladies and Gentlemen, the Death of Irony.

-Douchebag: Wha-?

-Lesser Douchebag: Scarves are for girls, jackass.
Death of Irony by Ladnav February 12, 2009

self-irony 

Self-irony is the act of reprimanding oneself
You know I don't the real world, I am an economist after all, people just tends to act different than they should. But that's just a healthy dose of self-irony.
self-irony by Jens-Fredrik March 7, 2016

Canadian Irony 

When an action is performed by one person, intending to make another's life easier, however does the opposite and the recipient is too nice too say anything about it.
Canadian Irony: Jim left Bob's hat out where he could easily find it, however, Bob spent hours looking for it because it was not where he left it.
Canadian Irony by Creaky February 3, 2015

Striking when the irony is hot 

The ability to immediately respond with a witty remark. Antonyn: Facebook Wit
Susie (7:12): So... supposedly the world is ending on Saturday.
Dan: (7:32): Hell yeah! (pun totally intended ;)

Dan has a talent for striking when the irony is hot.