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hyper irony 

Hyper irony is a term coined by the artist and youtuber jrEg. It is defined as the return to sincerity from irony. This means, that there are two layers of irony present. The technique is used frquently on the internet in the form of memes.
The movie, The Raven and the Seagull, portrays the post-colonial relationship between Greenland and Denmark through the over use of stereotypical Greenlandic garments and stereotypes. It sincerely conveys its message through hyper irony - it returns from irony to sincerity.
hyper irony by LessDestiny April 19, 2022
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false irony 

When someone tries to pretend they were being ironic, but they meant exactly what they were saying. Often a tactic of bullies and fascists who claim they were just making jokes and having fun, but the intent has nothing to do with having fun.
It's false irony when Matt Walsh's Twitter calls himself a "Theocratic fascist", and pretends he's just being ironic, but then actually promotes fascism.
false irony by YourPreudonym August 2, 2022

Furry Irony 

Furry irony works in the same vein as hood or thug irony where furry content is used as a joke ironically. It is usually paired with unrelated pieces of text, traces memes with furry characters, or in a speech bubble format.
Person 1: Look at this furry irony meme!
Person 2: Dude you're a furry.
Person 1: Nuh uh. See? It's ironic.
Person 2: Ok man.

orwellian irony

a type of internet irony based upon mind control and revisionism. Memes include: Doublethink, pornosec memes, thoughtcrimes and unpersoning. Pages that post this: partyirony.exe, onbbnem, airstrip-one-memes-and-greentext, big-brother-sixty-nine, room.101.maniac, dangerousbrotherhood, quirkyoldspeaker and doubleplusongbruhh.
How I react when someone posts orwellian irony, which is based upon mind control and revisionism. Memes include: Doublethink, pornosec memes, thoughtcrimes and unpersoning. Pages that post this: partyirony.exe, onbbnem, airstrip-one-memes-and-greentext, big-brother-sixty-nine, room.101.maniac, dangerousbrotherhood, quirkyoldspeaker and doubleplusongbruhh: 😲
orwellian irony by BaranXLR July 26, 2023

Infernal irony 

When one tries to watch a movie to escape reality but the movie itself is worse than life, or proclaims worse realities to come
Man 1: hey man did you enjoy the joker movie
Man 2: that movie was an infernal irony.
Man 1: oh man....
Infernal irony by anonymous August 7, 2024

Infernal irony 

You watch a movie to escape reality, but the movie ends up worse than the reality itself or proclaims worse futures ahead
Man 1: did you saw that new cool movie
Man 2: it was an infernal irony
Infernal irony by Mnmnmnmmnm August 7, 2024

metamorphaeurphraist irony 

When an author uses irony to contradict two different ideas
In the Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald employs metamorphaeurphraist irony in the quote: "Cant repeat the past... Of course you can!"