The intentional or unintentional association of opposing concepts or actions; a subset of coincidence wherein the opposing nature of the actions or ideas is of particular interest.
In short: Juxtaposition that leads to a comedic or surprising effect.
In short: Juxtaposition that leads to a comedic or surprising effect.
Isn't it ironic that we park in a driveway and drive on a parkway?
Person A: The NRA just used Martin Luther King Jr. to promote gun ownership.
Person B: What irony, considering he died of a gunshot wound.
Person A: Hey! It's you! I haven't seen you since high-school! Is it ironic that we found each other?
Person B: No, that's actually just a regular coincidence. It would have been ironic if we ran into each other somewhere while both trying to avoid going to our high school reunion.
Person A: I remember why I stopped talking to you now.
Person A: The NRA just used Martin Luther King Jr. to promote gun ownership.
Person B: What irony, considering he died of a gunshot wound.
Person A: Hey! It's you! I haven't seen you since high-school! Is it ironic that we found each other?
Person B: No, that's actually just a regular coincidence. It would have been ironic if we ran into each other somewhere while both trying to avoid going to our high school reunion.
Person A: I remember why I stopped talking to you now.
by Cuddle-scut June 29, 2019
Get the Ironymug. True Story of Irony (January 31, 2009)
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
Get the Ironymug. A non-existent and fictitious quality, although commonly referenced. The non-existence of irony can be confirmed from the fact that, although standard reference dictionaries name definitions such as "an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected, and/or the incongruity of this," any use of the term "irony" or "ironic" in keeping with such definitions invariably provokes whinging to the effect that the label "irony" is misapplied in this instance. Since the appropriateness of any usage of the word "irony" under any circumstances will inevitably be contested, it can be safely assumed that the word does not properly describe anything, and thus that "irony" does not truly exist.
"It's ironic how Oedipus' parents abandoning him in the mountains to try and prevent him from fulfilling his destiny to kill his father and marry his mother made him a stranger to them and made it possible for him to actually do so, isn't it?"
(Extremely nasal voice) "Ex-CUSE me, that's not what 'irony' ACTUALLY mea...whoa! Wh-what are you doing with those hedge clippers...! AAAAAGGHGHHH!!!!!!!!"
(Extremely nasal voice) "Ex-CUSE me, that's not what 'irony' ACTUALLY mea...whoa! Wh-what are you doing with those hedge clippers...! AAAAAGGHGHHH!!!!!!!!"
by KadeAzkyroth August 3, 2010
Get the Ironymug. No example of Irony.
by AgentOfVirtue October 1, 2011
Get the Ironymug. by The Sloth May 21, 2008
Get the Ironymug. by LORD HELL FEAR BLOOD March 16, 2003
Get the Ironymug. World class irony:
The best rapper in the world is white
The best golfer in the world is black
Arguably.. the biggest, most powerful & influential nation is controlled by a moron.
The best rapper in the world is white
The best golfer in the world is black
Arguably.. the biggest, most powerful & influential nation is controlled by a moron.
by Micca April 15, 2006
Get the Ironymug.