The act of using somebody's words against them, usually when something to their great detriment is about to be inflicted upon them. Usually in the form of a gloating statement.
Kuzko: "Okay, I admit it. Maybe I wasn't as nice as I should have been. But, Yzma, do you really want to kill me?"
Yzma: "Just think of it as you're being let go...that your life's going in a different direction...that your body's part of
a permanent outplacement."
Kronk: "Hey, that's kind of like what he said to you when you got fired."
Yzma: "I know. It's called a cruel irony...like my dependence on you."
Yzma: "Just think of it as you're being let go...that your life's going in a different direction...that your body's part of
a permanent outplacement."
Kronk: "Hey, that's kind of like what he said to you when you got fired."
Yzma: "I know. It's called a cruel irony...like my dependence on you."
by NakedInTheRain January 28, 2010
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Conscious irony or irony's ability to self - reference from one medium to the next implies that it is self-sentient; that consciousness is an attribute of irony rather than irony being an attribute of consciousness
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A group, gathering, or congregation of hipsters, similar to a "flock of geese" or a "herd of cattle."
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A lit cigarette burned a home to the ground while its occupants were attending a meeting to help them quit smoking.
Officials determined the fire was started by a cigarette that had been left burning by the 80-year-old mother of the man who owns the mobile home in San Luis Obispo, California.
The butt was left on a porch table while the two left for a health department meeting to help the woman quit smoking.
The fire caused $200,000 worth of damage.
A lit cigarette burned a home to the ground while its occupants were attending a meeting to help them quit smoking.
Officials determined the fire was started by a cigarette that had been left burning by the 80-year-old mother of the man who owns the mobile home in San Luis Obispo, California.
The butt was left on a porch table while the two left for a health department meeting to help the woman quit smoking.
The fire caused $200,000 worth of damage.
by Nightmare January 31, 2009
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Ironic: I aM gAy *while clearly not gay*
Post ironic: man bro, you’re looking hot *taken sarcastically or said sarcastically, but is actually gay*
Meta ironic: *kisses homie and insists it isn’t gay. No one knows if he’s gay or not*
Hyper ironic: *becomes gay, but does so ironically*
Ironic: I aM gAy *while clearly not gay*
Post ironic: man bro, you’re looking hot *taken sarcastically or said sarcastically, but is actually gay*
Meta ironic: *kisses homie and insists it isn’t gay. No one knows if he’s gay or not*
Hyper ironic: *becomes gay, but does so ironically*
Person 1: “bro that’s poggers”
Person 2: “did you just seriously say that?”
Person 1: “nah dude I’m just using layers of irony. I used it so ironically that I use it seriously, but it’s still ironic”
Person 2: “did you just seriously say that?”
Person 1: “nah dude I’m just using layers of irony. I used it so ironically that I use it seriously, but it’s still ironic”
by JohnTrolltrane January 19, 2022
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On an Internet forum:
> > These stupid people are just crybabies who complain when they don't get they're way!
> Your an idiot because you can't spell!
Oh, the grammatic irony....
> > These stupid people are just crybabies who complain when they don't get they're way!
> Your an idiot because you can't spell!
Oh, the grammatic irony....
by illuminatedwax April 25, 2007
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